Saturday, 31 May 2008

Dirleton Gardens, East Lothian






Dirleton Gardens, East Lothian





A selection of flowers out this week

Plant art, Dirleton Gardens




Alien?


Pigeon holes? Close!


Beach art





Starburst beech


Silverburn

On the way down from the hills Silverburn looked glowing

Clouds over Carnethy Hill a few hours ago


Pentland Hills

Looking green after a week of rain

Garden grotto or grotty garden?


Friday, 30 May 2008

Edinburgh city skyline sunset


Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh

Looking epic!

Edinburgh, looking atmospheric

Lateish evening

Allotments looking fresh

From Blackford Hill

Messing around in the garden

This is today's rain!

Flowers

Thursday, 29 May 2008

From the Meldon Hills

Grabbed a pie and some sandwiches after work and headed for the hills. It was 22C !

Gorse, Blackford Hill

Its difficult to walk past without snapping a bit - especially when the sun is shining - and warm!

View from Blackford Hill



Lunchtime view

Edinburgh

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Tree on Auchencorth Moss



Variations in the clag... the moor was quite misty this evening - no sight of the hills behind.

Monday, 26 May 2008

Visitor tonight


They do enjoy their peanuts!

Back to normal

Tonight, the temperature has dropped, the wind is up and the heavy clouds race across the wild moor.

Sunday, 25 May 2008

Wandered round Culross again today

Visiting Culross for the second day running as I wanted to visit the older West Kirk gravestones... saw these on the way


I like this sign




In the village community garden




In the village community garden

Windy day


Saturday, 24 May 2008

Cat's Close and Orange



A few foliage pictures from Culross







A few flowers from Culross





Culross





Red girders and red girders


Friday, 23 May 2008

Green leaves and green leaves


Branch in the sun


St. Bridget's Church, Dalgety Bay

Dates back to 1178 AD

Graveyard with a view - across Dalgety Bay

Just watch it Jimmy


Stone roof

Neat

Old window


Still life

Chair by the window

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Dirleton Castle Gardens




Its still a bit early for the garden to be at its most colourful but everything is growing rapidly and it is all very fresh. More at http://scotfot.smugmug.com/gallery/4999470_Nwo6m

Today's wanderings


Port Seton on the way home
Beach into the sun

Dirleton Castle - room with a view, or is that three views?

One of my favourite walls

Orange and blue

On the beach

Hedge


Deer in the garden this morning


There were three deer in the garden for a very short time this morning! I grabbed the camera - oops... wrong lens on - (ultra wide) then I discovered there was no card in the camera, - find card - card full... rapidly empty card - not enough light in the shade - up the ISO and finally managed to get these two pics - must get better organized :-)

Hmmm.... must go and check the new hedge plants I planted the other week haven't been eaten!

Monday, 19 May 2008

Rhododendrons at Abercorn



A splash of colour for the last post for a few days

Clinging on


Light and a little dark


Dark and light, Abercorn Kirk, West Lothian


Light and dark, Abercorn Kirk, West Lothian


Out of season


Woodland floor


Shadow of ivy


Sunday, 18 May 2008

Climber

Ok, last post of the day!

Torphichen Preceptory, West Lothian


Preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. More images will be loaded on http://scotgraves.blogspot.com/

Sunday morning on top of the Pentlands

Scald Law summit

Carnethy Hill summit


Descending to Silverburn

Saturday, 17 May 2008

Prestonpans and Cockenzie Power Station



Power stations... not everyone's cup of tea... but I like them :-)

Cockenzie Power Station and harbour



Cockenzie rooftops in the cloud

Port Seton






Port Seton






Sunny at Port Seton a few miles away


Saturday lunchtime and overcast in the Pentland Hills

... but is it

Friday, 16 May 2008

Skyline


Clouds tonight!


Tonight... Friday


Thursday, 15 May 2008

Thursday evening


Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Clear night


Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Penicuik Estate






Into the woods

Penicuik Estate





Monday, 12 May 2008

Pentland Hills


A very atmospheric evening, not spectacular but interesting!

Highland cow


Sunday, 11 May 2008

Rope, North Berwick Harbour

Well, it was just sitting there so I shot it! For some more pics taken today visit http://scotgraves.blogspot.com/

North Berwick Harbour

Reflections of a boat

Old jetty North Berwick

Some days it is a challenge - today was like that. After a few days of good weather we usually get a haar a cold misty wind blowing in from the sea - today was a great haar - usually you can see all sorts of interesting islands - today the sea just merges with the fog!

Saturday, 10 May 2008

Wandering photographer on top of the world

Looking hot after running to the top of the Pentlands - its much harder carrying a D80 and two lenses - well, that is my excuse!

Looking the other way to the South


Morning in the Pentland Hills

Hot 20C (well it is hot for Scotland!) and humid

Friday, 9 May 2008

Dirleton gardens - greens!



That's it for today - I might put up a few tomorrow of the castle!

Dirleton Gardens - flowers

Poppy - the only one I recognize - bad eh!





A few more flowers from Dirleton Gardens





Dirleton Gardens in the afternoon




Its still early and most flowers are not out yet but here are a few that are!

Wandering photographer visits the top of the Pentland Hills

On the way up - NO - I didn't drive up - I ran up!
Top of Carnethy Hill

Bluebells

Pinkish bluebells!

Bluebells


Bluebells in the back garden


Back garden a few minutes ago

Bluebells are coming out!

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Last lunchtime flower

The sunlight passing through this caught my eye

Flowers

Walking back I spotted these in a garden

Humble dandelion


Leaves freshly opened


Opening leaves


Opening leaves


Gorse on Blackford Hill

Lunchtime flowers - suddenly they seem everywhere!

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

It looked good at the time


Penicuik Estate

Another sloooow shutter speed

Late sun through the trees, Penicuik Estate

Had to hold the camera against a tree as there was not much light 0.3 sec exposure!

Young wood, Penicuik Estate




Leaves opening


Pink blossom


Pink blossom




White blossom


Tuesday, 6 May 2008

Very green leaves - Comfrey


Plants by the river - Comfrey


Wildflowers - Spurge


Wildflower in the woods - Lesser celandine


Wildflower in the woods - Primrose


Penicuik Estate

Spring trees

Low Pond, Penicuik Estate

Greylag goose coming it to land

Low Pond, Penicuik Estate

Swan on the pond

Penicuik Estate

Beech tree

Penicuik Estate

Nature moves in strange directions

Wood-sorrel

... in the woods...

Last year's leaves


Burn, Penicuik Estate


Stone wall in Penicuik Estate


The road to the Pentland Hills


Monday, 5 May 2008

Gorse


Silverburn, Pentland Hills


Sowing seeds

Mountain Biker, top of Scald Law, Pentland Hills

He rode all the way up without stopping - quite a feat!

Tree, Silverburn, Pentland Hills


Sunday, 4 May 2008

Pentland Hills

Last of the evening light. After this the colours melted away.

Pentland Hills

Evening light

Pentland Hills

Evening light

Hurley Pond, Penicuik Estate


Hurley Pond, Penicuik Estate


Copse, Penicuik Estate




Large landslip in Penicuik Estate




Wren


They never visit the bird table but they have a nest in the house eaves. This is their take-off point.

Saturday, 3 May 2008

Last light


Pentland Hills


Blue tit

Landing, LANDED!
Its a bit like Heathrow... queues waiting to land!

Robin


Always watching the watcher... maybe waiting for more goodies to be put out

Chaffinch

Another fairly bold visitor

Robin

A regular visitor to the bird table - watching the watcher!

Collared Dove visits the bird table

Almost filling the frame - the birdie photos are taken from about 4-5 feet away with a 200 mm lens... must get a longer one as I don't think I can get any closer!

Friday, 2 May 2008

Sunset over the Pentland Hills


Auchencorth Moss Sky!


Lunchtime on Blackford Hill





A range of views over Edinburgh

Thursday, 1 May 2008

Auchencorth Moss

Just before the sun went down behind the hills it glistened through this tree

Auchencorth Moss


Lost sheep of Auchencorth Moss