Before and After (3)

Grangepans. One taken in colour in the middle of summer, the other in monochrome in the middle of winter.

Jackson's Close

Jackson's Close in Edinburgh used to be a nice shortcut to get to Fopp and Avalanche in Cockburn Street. Sadly, Fopp is now gone, but Avalanche is still going strong.

Above the Rooftops

Calton Hill.

She Who Pays the Piper...

...gets to have her photo taken with him.

Fog

More fog on Christmas morning. No snow, though.

Bridges

The Forth Bridges.

Merry Christmas

Christmas morning in Bo'ness.

Office Block

New offices at Fountainbridge. There used to a brewery on this site.

Fire!

An art deco-style fire station in Tollcross, Edinburgh.

Crane Again

Crane. Again.

Even Moore Art

The Henry Moore sculpture in the grounds of Trinity College in Dublin.

Shadows 2

On the bike again.

Is There a Doc in the House?

Docs.

Wheel

The ferris wheel on Princes Street Gardens from an unusual angle.

Skating

The skating rink in Princes Street Gardens. I've never ice-skated, now that I think about it.

Forth Valley by Night

While exiting the West Lothian Golf Club last night I took these shots looking west up the Forth Valley. Not very good, but the best I can do on my small camera.

Live Sax Show!

Up at the Mound.

This Used To Be My Playground

I grew up here. In fact, you can see the house I lived in from 1970 to 1982 in one of the pictures. But I'm not saying which.

Bike in the Air

Every year I go to the Ingliston Motorcycle Show, even though I don't own a bike or can even ride one. This photograph is from a few years ago. Evel Knievel would have been proud.

Ship in the Water

I took this in Kirkcaldy. I think the hill to the left on the horizon is either the Bass Rock or North Berwick Law

Road Bridge

The other Forth Bridge, the road bridge. It's falling to pieces, apparently.

Food Market

This is the foreign food market up at the Mound for those people needing a mouthful of German sausage.

Misty Bridge

The Forth Bridge framed by foliage. I had to walk across the road bridge to get this photograph.

Cathedral

This cathedral is near my work. For years the spires of this cathedral used to be the view from my window.

Reversal

Natural History Museum

The American Museum of Natural History in New York. This is where Night at the Museum is set. No dinosaurs came to life while I was there.

Skeleton

Wheel & Tree

Looking upwards to the ferris wheel next to the Scott Monument, early evening.

City Chambers

The City Chambers in Edinburgh.

Monument & Wheel

The Scott Monument and the ferris wheel put up for Christmas

Iron Duke. Literally.

Actually, it's probably made of bronze.

Statue of Arthur Wellesly, Duke of Wellington, outside Register House.

Guggenheim

This is a the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, New York. (It is featured in the movie Men in Black near the start where Will Smith chases a criminal.) However, I didn't go in to see the art as I was solely interested in the building, which was designed by the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright.

Martello Tower

The above pictures show a Martello Tower, built to watch out for Napoleon's invasion of the British Isles. This one is in Dun Laoghaire, south of Dublin, and would be just any other relic of Britain's military past had it not been briefly lived in by author James Joyce, who later set the opening Telemachus chapter of 'Ulysses' in it. In the novel it is the residence of Buck Milligan, Stephen Dedalus and Haines. I visited it the day after the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday and it is now the James Joyce Museum.

Parly View

The Scottish Parliament, as taken from Salisbury Crag.

What the Dickens

14 novels, 1 unfinished novel, 2 volumes of Christmas books & American Notes

Dome Sweet Dome

West Register House in Charlotte Square.

Carousel

More fairground attractions in Edinburgh.

Spinning Around

The shows by the Scott Monument.