Monday, 30 June 2008

Agate sky


Sunday, 29 June 2008

End of the day and weekend

Prestonpans

Old winding gear for coal mine, Prestonpans


Mother and children

Ancient gravestone, now weathered

Port Seton

Tern, Port Seton

Fishing gear

Vestra, Port Seton

Low tide, Port Seton

Harbour Office, Port Seton

Prestonpans and Port Seton

Prestonpans

Prestonpans

Port Seton

Hi Poppy!




Afternoon jaunt

Musselburgh Harbour

Lady of Rohan


Around the world

Sky, sea, rock and a power station

Saturday, 28 June 2008

North Berwick skyscapes and seascapes






Clinging on, Dirleton Gardens



Bark, Dirleton Gardens




Foxglove


Foxgloves in garden


Garden frame


Friday, 27 June 2008

Miscellany of B&W... that's it for the evening!

Gullane Church, now a ruin

Ancient gravestone in Moffat Church, the carved words are as sharp and clear as when they were cut c 245 years ago!


Trawler in Eymouth Harbour

Rope



St Ebbe No. 70. Masonic Lodge

The foundation stone for this lodge at Mason's Wynd was laid on May 2, 1758. So it has just had its 250th anniversary!

Its still raining hard

North Berwick, note the house on the beach, the sea laps its walls at high tide!

Dirleton Castle

Harbour wall North Berwick


North Berwick Harbour

More B&W

Longformacus graveyard

St. Abbs harbour

Friday night was very wet




Torrential rain kept the wandering photographer inside and fiddling with some earlier images in B&W. These images are a barley field at St Abb's - they were taken 'contre jour'.

Thursday, 26 June 2008

This evening

Clouds

This morning

Nice eyes

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Blooming Dogwood


In the garden



Peebles, River Tweed



Peebles, Scottish Borders



I took this one for the interesting cloud!

Monday, 23 June 2008

Auchencorth Moor

Lots of bog cotton beyond the tree

Thistles


Bog cotton on the moor


The sky tonight over the Pentland Hills


Escaped from yesterday


Monday morning in Musselburgh

Steps

Groovy

Steps

Sunday, 22 June 2008

A good Scottish sky on the way home


Day out at Eyemouth






Aquamarine





Well, not bad for the freezing North Sea!

A day at Eyemouth... a miscellany

Is this junk lost?

Chains

Visitor - who could resist snapping this art!

Winch

Discarded knot

Saturday, 21 June 2008

St Abbs Head - a bit of bird watching





Not too difficult as there are many thousands of birds!

Jill Watson of Cove, sculpture

Detail from the sculpture

Red rock, yellow rock


The brightest thing today!

After just a little sun early this morning, the day became overcast and which led to heavy rain!

Seal at Eyemouth

There were six seals in the harbour today waiting to be fed. They were fed on fish scraps. More photos of the seals are here.

Friday, 20 June 2008

Last image of the longest day

Romance of Scotland - the setting sun over Torness Nuclear Power Station

End of the longest day

Cement works

St Abbs Church in the late evening sun


St. Abbs


Hong Kong


Motorists! - have you locked your car?


Portrait


Winch


House in St. Abbs harbour


Behind bars?

The wandering photographer finds himself behind bars :-)

Abstract!


Thursday, 19 June 2008

Dirleton Gardens, East Lothian







Mark, Head Gardener, Dirleton Gardens. For more images of the gardens taken today see here



North Berwick

Harbour wall



Falling tide

Rusty anchor

North Berwick

Stormy sky behind North Berwick

Dog... with purpose!

House on the beach


Roof of house on the beach!

North Berwick




After a few days away without a camera, the wandering photographer is back in action

Sunday, 15 June 2008

On the way home

I've photographed this tree a few times, different seasons, different light.

Wanlockhead cottage


What a mess

Couldn't resist snapping this mess!

Wanlockhead

Couldn't decide which one I liked best so you get both!

Wanlockhead


Wanlockhead

Old advertizing sign on closed down garage

Wanlockhead

Waiting for the bus in Wanlockhead Scotland's highest village at 1531 feet. Wanlockhead is a great place, it is an old mining village that has hung on well after the mining finished.

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Evening light over the north Pentland Hills


Elvanfoot Church

Slate roof

Hills surrounding Wanlockhead

Note the single sleepy sheep sitting smiling in the shade

Slate roof

The wee house of Wanlockhead has a great slate roof

Wanlockhead, smallest house in the village?

Smallest house in the highest village in Scotland, maybe!

Wanlockhead skyline


Shed, Wanlockhead

This is a great shed, full of character - I wish it was mine!

The famous Moffat Ram

A touristy pic - it looked good against the clouds

Devil's Beef Tub, near Moffat

A studious onlooker surveying her heft

Friday, 13 June 2008

Friday night and still cloudy

Hopefully will get some pics from somewhere else tomorrow!

Thursday, 12 June 2008

Thursday evening in the cloud again



Edinburgh on Wednesday

Salisbury Crags

Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill


Tuesday, 10 June 2008

Tuesday clouds




Monday, 9 June 2008

Monday evening on the moors





Heavy cloud over Auchencorth Moss


Saw this guy on the way to work this morning






Sunday, 8 June 2008

Evening light through the trees, Penicuik Estate



Light





Anatomy of a shed, hidden in the Pentland Hills





Empty Pentland Hills

Bog cotton


Further north on the higher hills you meet lots of people. Down here a few miles further south I didn't see anyone!


Sunday morning on Monks Rig, Pentland Hills



The Font Stone


Almost all the trees have been blown over, though most still cling on to life somehow

Saturday, 7 June 2008

Treasures on the beach, North Berwick, East Lothian






Tantallon Castle






Tantallon Castle, East Lothian




The castle has a great location on the edge of the cliffs

Dirleton Gardens, East Lothian





The gardens are looking good!

Saturday morning run in the Pentlands

Nothing special today, this is the top of Scald Law, the highest point in the Pentland Hills

Turnhouse Hill looking North, as I said earlier, nothing special!

Friday, 6 June 2008

Friday night out in the wilds



I liked the way the sky seemed fragmented and about to pour down... suprisingly it didn't!

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Tree holes

It was getting dark and I had trouble getting a sharp image... I was too lazy and didn't use a tripod!

In the middle of the Pentland Hills

Nothing special here!

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Hillside of sheep


OK, the second lot were more unruly!


Nothing special, just a Borders scene


Group portrait

All lined up facing the camera and saying cheese - this is only half of them. It took a long time to get them organized!

My favourite subject - clouds!



Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Sunset over the distant Pentland Hills

Last of the sunset

From a nearby highpoint to catch the setting sun.

Gladhouse, Midlothian



Tonight was quite different...

Cheat!


Hawthorn blosson in Observatory Road, Edinburgh - taken yesterday

Monday, 2 June 2008

Gladhouse, Midlothian


Gladhouse, Midlothian



A strange evening light

The sun sets


Gladhouse, Midlothian




Sunday, 1 June 2008

A walk in the Pentlands




Ok, the weather was not too good and it rained a little!

Morning visitor to the garden

Sitting peacefully amongst the bluebells

Escape from the photographer!