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candlelight + the cathedral

I really do like to find votives glowing in a dark corner of a cathedral. It makes it seem warmer than it is, and quieter, and very contemplative.

St. Giles’ Cathedral
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.14.2023

the cathedral and the court (and a red car)

This was the view from our window in Edinburgh – it’s St. Giles’ Cathedral, the Scottish supreme court building, a statue*, some people, and a shiny red car.

When I made the photo, I thought it was about the stained glass windows in the cathedral, but now I’ve changed my mind and the red car seems a lot more important than it did initially. (To be honest: initially, I wished it wasn’t even there at all. But now I see that it pulls together all the other red parts of the image in a way I enjoy.)

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.12.2023

*The statue is of a gentleman with the succinct name and title of Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry, KG, PC, FRS, FRSE, styled Lord Eskdail between 1808 and 1812 and Earl of Dalkeith between 1812 and 1819.