LAUGHTER ON THE LINKS
Leith Festival is one of the oldest in Edinburgh.
It dates back to 1907 when a Badge Day was first held to raise funds for Leith Hospital.
Out and about
QUEEN STREET GARDENS EAST
Cat forming a disorderly Q.
No. 36 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.
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QUESTION …
How on earth does Ukraine's President Zelensky find time to work a second job in Edinburgh?
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BROUGHTON SUNSET
Bellevue Chapel. No rain tomorrow?
Try praying.
Yellow warning thunderstorm: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcvwr3zrw#?date=2024-05-28
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CALTON HILL – SUNSHINE, HAZE AND BIRDS
Sunshine and haze over Calton Hill this morning, where Friends met under the expert guidance of the Scottish Ornithology Club's Stephen Welch to record breeding pairs of bird.
Patient listening and hard stares helped in identifying 18 different species over 2 hours.
Namely: jackdaw, magpie, carrion crow, common gull, herring gull, lesser black-backed gull …
BROUGHTON STREET
Encouraging how Broughton Pharmacy community library has flourished since modest start in Sept 2019: see p.2 in Issue 289.
Now a well-used local resource with sometimes startling content, including Spurtles.
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St MARK'S PARK
Bit of a back-to-front Diana and Actaeon moment here.
For reference follow THIS LINK.
Am glad to report no hind quarters were torn apart afterwards.
St MARK'S PARK
11.30pm, Saturday 11 May.
A breathtaking natural spectacle: the aurora borealis.
Or not.
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HOPETOUN CRESCENT
Edinburgh's most uneven wall?
No. 35 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.
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