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Sunset to Sunrise, Nothing Changes on the Way to Crow Hill, but Pretty Soon, Everything’s Different

I surface here on the blog once in the proverbial great while, after some jaunt to faraway lands where I share giant photos and wax rhapsodic about vistas, views, and visits. Back to Scotland for the first time since 2016, Edinburgh has only grown on me as a place I hope to be: lovely fresh grass scents, cozy bookshops, cheerful profanity in rolling, barely understandable brogues. 5 days of rain for a 7 day trip, the sun comes out on the last full morning, and I hoof it through brick paver streets, wheel my way around the King’s beloved Holyrood Palace, and up the trail on Arthur’s Seat to a glorious sunrise. As I tell my dwindled audience or whomever happens upon my blogposts: find your way there once in your life for a blissful bout of happiness.

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Hard To Feel Oppressed With All This Color About

Sure, they used to hang folks from the gallows here in Grassmarket Square. All that remains today, however, is the brightly colored social center of Edinburgh, with luscious pubs, fabulous and diverse food, and boutique shops for cheese, antique maps & books, clothing, and 16th century structures repurposed as entertainment venues.  Love it!

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Neurotics Build Castles, Psychotics Live In Them, My Mother Cleans Them

Edinburgh Castle

Panoramic photos don’t make for great photoblog posts, but we were rambling along Princes Street in Edinburgh, looked up in the steady rain, and saw this and thought perhaps I might share it anyway, because those dramatic Scottish clouds painted up the sky over Edinburgh Castle.

Another beautiful burg with loads of point and shoot opportunities everywhere you turn. Amazing, lovely Scotland.