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fountainbridge

Where I live, in Texas, there really aren’t any streets that could be called walkable. It’s dumb.
But check this out: a walkable street that has a nicely-lighted building and a conveniently placed pedestrian.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023

second-story man

I really don’t have the faintest idea what that guy was doing up there – the one standing in front of the red window. It’s not like it was a balcony. It’s not like it was balcony weather. I just don’t know. It may have had something to do with the spirit merchant on the ground floor or it might not have. Other than that guy, I suspect that no one else knows. Or even noticed what was going on.

It was one of those reflex photos – I saw it and made the shot without taking time to do stuff like composing it or anything. The moment was there and then it was gone, possibly because a bus drove by.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023

red castle

 

This was the view from our vacation rental in Edinburgh. I wonder if that construction situation on the left side is finished and how soon I ought to go back to get another photo…

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023

abbey strand (with rain)

I didn’t actually even own an umbrella until I was 19 years old and was moving from Lubbock to a wetter locale for college. And then I went someplace even wetter for grad school, where I know for sure I kept umbrellas in my car all the time. But then I came back to Lubbock and probably don’t quite recall how to open an umbrella. And when I went to Scotland last year, I didn’t even take an umbrella with me. I’m not a total idiot – I had a waterproof coat with a hood and anyway how can you hold an umbrella AND use a camera?

near Palace of Holyroodhouse
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023

st. giles and his arches

These kinds of arches are just about my favorite part of any cathedral I’ve ever been in. And I want to go ahead and apologize to everyone I’ve bumped into while I’m busy looking up instead of paying attention to where I am going.

St. Giles’s Cathedral
Edinburgh, Scotland

photographed 11.2.2023