Chatiryworld

Rooms with a view

I've started a new set on Flickr called Rooms with a View to document the changing light of the view over the Forth to Edinburgh from our house.  Here are some of them:

Hopefully at some point I'll take some early morning ones as well.  We use Shipfinder to learn about the boats that go past, they are mostly industrial but I did see a huge cruise ship parked by the bridges the other week.  Our commute to work is a 30-40 minute train journey and twice a day we get to go over the Forth Bridge.  Marvellous.

The living is easy

I'll get caught up and blog more about our new place soon, until then, here's this evening's view.

Friday 24 December 2010

It's Christmas Eve!  Hope you are having a lovely festive season.  Here are some of my recent seasonal photos:

I took this from my dad's friend's house the other day, they both live in the beautiful East Neuk village of Lower Largo in Fife.  If I can't live in the East Neuk I'm glad that a member of my immediate family does.  Just before I left there was a beautiful sunset over Edinburgh and the Forth.

Jon and I went to see my mum and Hugh in Ilkley at the weekend.  I wasn't feeling that great and spent a lot of time curled up on the sofa, but when my mum brought the decorations out for the tree, I couldn't resist.  Although Ilkley didn't have as much snow as us, it did look very christmassy.

A few Mondays ago central Scotland came to a standstill.  I left work a little early to walk home as the buses were all cancelled (although they started to come back on as I walked).  I took the opportunity to take some photos of Edinburgh in the snow as the sun went down.

And so this is winter

It started snowing on Friday night as we were walking home from a lovely Thanksgiving dinner.  On Saturday this was the scene in the local park.

By Sunday it was looking like this, the local kids were out making loads of snowmen.

I took the opportunity to be the first to trudge through some of the snow, love doing that!

This morning the park was pretty much all white.  I didn't really notice that until I uploaded the photos from my camera, if I hadn't been so cold and on my way to work I might have tried to get some more shots. 

The cold weather looks set to continue, apparently the temperature on Friday will reach a high of -3C. 

Autumn light

Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife

Harrison Park in Edinburgh

Black Sands, Aberdour, Fife

The promenade at Burntisland in Fife

Out and about

Robert Louis Stevenson poem on the Water of Leith.

Returning to Dean Village.

6 Times, Antony Gormley on the Water of Leith.

Walking along the beach at North Berwick and wondering if it will rain.

Spring

Not much to report but the sun has been shining around these parts.  And here are some ace dolls houses.

Snowy Edinburgh

I took the top photo on Monday and the bottom one this morning.  It's looking very festive but the flip side is that people are struggling to travel to see their families.  If you're stuck in nasty weather, take care.

What flexitime was made for

I opened the front door on Monday morning, already running a bit late for my usual bus, and was confronted with this sight.  I decided capturing a few photos was worth missing the bus for, so scampered back inside to get my camera, breathlessy half explaining to Jon what I was doing and losing a glove on the way.  As well as this photo I got another two, and of course missed my bus (I later found it from a colleague it was early anyway).  But what's the point of flexitime if you can't use it for nice things like this?

Speaking of nice things, Yorkshire readers may be interested to know that there is a Rob Ryan exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (apparently there's a Clothkits workshop going on too but it's sold out).

I hardly know her

Via swissmiss, ihardlyknowher is a great way to view your Flickr stream in a simple and minimalist way.  All you do is add your user name to the end of ihardlyknowher.com.  Here's mine.  If you hover your mouse over each photo you get the photo details.

Into 2009

Gorgeous skies over the Firth of Forth as I returned from my dad's this afternoon.  I wish we lived by the sea, although I suppose we're only a couple of miles from it, if that.

Orkney photos

All my Orkney photos are up on Flickr now.  Many were taken simply to show my mum and Hugh how Stromness had changed since their last visit in 1993, so they are not the greatest.  But I still got plenty I'm pleased with.  Jon is still putting his up, but his set can be found be here.

Work is taking up most of my energy at the moment hence light blogging.  I do have some knitting to showcase soon though.

The Fisher Price mum

Wooden moms, originally uploaded by hownowdesign.

I can't resist posting this photo by Abbey Hendrickson of Aesthetic Outburst.  The baby was also my Fisher Price person of choice, I lost it and was so upset my mum tracked down a single replacement one.  We then found the original baby in the big basket of hats, scarves and gloves.

I may have to look at Fisher Price stuff on eBay as a result..

Frost

I took some photos of our local park the other day as it looked so gorgeous with the frost.  The photos are best viewed on black, so if you want a nose, here's a slideshow at Flickr.

'Every home should have one'

As seen in the window of a charity shop in Morningside.  No accounting for taste, is there?