Edinburgh Castle

heavy fringe

This pub with the thatched roof was having an icicle fringe day!

They looked a little lethal to me…..

and there was a good reflection in the window too but I was getting too cold to linger outside and take more  ‘arty’ shots….

Edinburgh (snapshots)

This is the Scott Monument in the winter season when it gets a bit crowded out by the winter fair. It still manages to hold on to a little dignity despite always looking as though it could do with a bit of a clean……

Arthur’s Seat always looks like an elephant to me lurking on the horizon solid and tame…this was taken from across the meadows where I spent a lot of time walking to and from school but probably, at that time, didn’t take much more than a glance at the backdrop…..

(these are compact camera snapshots)

curve

 

Travel Theme : Up

Looking up at tiled ceilings in Barcelona

and a strange bit of ironwork in Lille.

and a cat looking up to some birds from his rooftop perch. Needless to say they got away…

🙂

thanks to http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/01/18/travel-theme-up/

Elephant grass …miscanthus

Stumbled across a field of this…

This is grown as a fuel. Amazing tall grasses that are dense and straight but sparse of colour.

 

Frozen Canal

 

Kirby Grip

I like the word kirby grip

Pronunciation: /ˈkəːbi/

(also trademark Kirbigrip)

Definition of kirby grip

noun

British

• a type of hairgrip consisting of a thin folded and sprung metal strip or wire.

Origin:

1920s: named after Kirby, Beard & Co. Ltd, of Birmingham, England, the original manufacturers

Ghostly Goat

I let the autofocus stay on the fence and got a nice soft-ghost like goat in the background. This is a very old nanny…..

Weekly Photo Challenge : Illumination