sidHolme

a Different View

Of this pier ...

Going back in time

skyWard

Work commences ...

Windows

Now abideth faith, hope, love ...

Foggy

Tranent was in sunshine; Portobello on the edge of the fog ...

That's it!

The original plan was to climb the seven hills (upon which Edinburgh, like Rome, is built) during one calendar year. Somehow it morphed into climbing Blackford Hill once a month. And, this being December, as 2009 draws to a close ...

Back from the vet

The cats have been vaccinated and chipped ...

thereFore I shop

Possibly not the best image for Buy Nothing Day ...

November

As the forecast predicted: bright and breezy ...

Catching the early sun

Slice
Originally uploaded by Glaswegian

Half of the building lit, half of the building in darkness ...

the Observatory in autumn

 
A good day to be on the (blackFord) hill - unseasonably mild, I reckon - bright and clear ...

Words

Funny things - insubstantial, yet powerful ...

Light

 
... looking an other way ...

more darkNess

 
... taken on Gullane Beach ...

Winter is coming

 
... fewer people on the (blackFord) hill ...

Missing

... since Monday ...

QMU

I attended a green computing event last week - then went for a walk, and took this picture ...

no Photo

I should have checked before I left the office. But when I tried to switch on my camera to take a picture of Arthur's Seat - no response - or, rather, an all too brief, insubstantial response. So to-day's ascent of Blackford Hill is being recorded in prose, alone. Fortunately (for me), the wind had abated somewhat, and there was no rain. And I took a music player, listening to Shostakovich - mostly a plodding movement, appropriately accompanying my turgid progress up the hill.

Late August, beginning to feel the cold - autumn is on its way ...

Indicator

Back on top of Blackford Hill - quite breezy ...