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Recent Photos

Wed 23 August 2006 at 21:43 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

In case you're wondering, dear reader, Edinburgh continues to be lovely. It isn't always sunny, or warm, but it is...

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Recent Edinburgh Shots

Wed 21 June 2006 at 21:49 | Comments (1) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

In between trips to London, I've been so busy studying that I've taken very few shots around Edinburgh. Of those,...

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Biking on the Beach

Sat 15 April 2006 at 21:10 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Friday, though cold, was a bright and sunny day - perfect for a family expedition. We took Alex's bike to...

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An Unlikely Love Story

Wed 5 April 2006 at 21:42 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter

The green shoots and the black iron were not the most compatible of couples. Their parents disapproved, their friends didn't...

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The Camera is Back

Tue 4 April 2006 at 21:19 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

My phonecam developed a spot about a week ago. Ugly, in the way, and depressing. It ruined a number of...

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Marmion

Tue 14 March 2006 at 22:19 | Comments (3) | Edinburgh, a love letter

A photo essay, of sorts, from Sir Walter Scott's Marmion.             Also available as a...

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I Love My Coffee

Thu 9 March 2006 at 23:19 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

...and it loves me back. Taken 6 March 2006 I love this city, too, though it doesn't show its affection...

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Hail, Hail!

Wed 22 February 2006 at 22:10 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Yesterday, while I was walking in the Botanics, I came under a sudden assault of hail. I had to shelter...

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Walking Home At Sunset

Wed 8 February 2006 at 21:48 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter

The days are getting longer again. I walk to the bus in the growing light every morning - saw Venus...

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Ice balls

Tue 31 January 2006 at 21:49 | Comments (1) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

It was a cold day after a cold night. I still needed to get out and get some light at...

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Frosty Day

Mon 30 January 2006 at 20:32 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Today was astonishingly cold. It was one of those days where I step outside the door in the morning, then...

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January Walk Shots

Wed 18 January 2006 at 21:33 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

It's been a while since I've posted photos, mostly because I've been too ill to take many. The flu this...

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Up the Hill

Sat 7 January 2006 at 20:10 | Comments (3) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Although the weekdays this winter have been really good (because of my desk lamp and my lunchtime walks), the weekends...

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First Day Back

Tue 3 January 2006 at 21:57 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Back at work today, moved onto a project that I'm not expecting to be as fun as the one I've...

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A Day at the Beach

Mon 2 January 2006 at 15:58 | Comments (2) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

So the last day before I go back to work, the New Year's Bank Holiday, we decide to go to...

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Snow Pictures

Wed 28 December 2005 at 15:57 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Although we didn't get the snowstorms that the north of England has been enjoying (?) the last day or so,...

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The Nature of Photography (and the photography of nature)

Tue 20 December 2005 at 21:19 | Comments (0) | About Me, Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Due to a combination of factors (longer lunchtime walks, better camera phone, encouragement by commenters), I've been taking a lot...

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Treespotting

Wed 14 December 2005 at 21:58 | Comments (2) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

I think I need to set more challenging objectives for my lunchtime walks. I found two of the three madrones...

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Found it!

Mon 12 December 2005 at 19:09 | Comments (1) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

Over the past few weeks, I've been engaged in an occasional search to find my favourite California native plant, the...

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Rainy Day Walking

Mon 5 December 2005 at 22:34 | Comments (2) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

It was a damp and muddy Monday for a lunchtime ramble. I was going to go to the Botanics to...

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Tuesday Walk

Tue 29 November 2005 at 21:54 | Comments (1) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

It was a lovely day, cold but bright. The autumn is turning to true winter, with bitter winds, with the...

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Phone Pix 2

Fri 25 November 2005 at 21:00 | Comments (2) | Edinburgh, a love letter, Photography

I changed my phone a few months ago, leaving my old Nokia for a new Sony Ericsson K750i. The ostensible...

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The Gum Fence, The Final Chapter

Sun 5 June 2005 at 21:43 | Comments (7) | Edinburgh, a love letter

Followers of the Gum Fence Saga will recall that in Episode one, your heroine found over three hundred pieces of...

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The Gum Fence, Episode 2

Fri 11 March 2005 at 20:02 | Comments (4) | Edinburgh, a love letter

In my last blog entry on the Gum Fence, I didn't mention my employer's fence-painting program. Even while I was...

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No Fly Zone

Fri 11 March 2005 at 19:49 | Comments (0) | Edinburgh, a love letter

Somebody has a marker pen and too much time on their hands. Taken 25 February 2005...

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The Gum Fence

Wed 12 January 2005 at 18:26 | Comments (5 - closed) | Edinburgh, a love letter

Someone has stuck a piece of chewing gum on top of each spike on a fence near my office. The...

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Window Tax

Mon 10 January 2005 at 20:28 | Comments off | Edinburgh, a love letter

I work in Edinburgh's New Town (it's relatively new, dating only from the late 1700's. In comparison to the Old...

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Phone Pix

Thu 6 January 2005 at 22:43 | Comments (3 - closed) | Edinburgh, a love letter

Every workday, I try to walk part of the way home. When the wind is gale-force or the sleet is...

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