Princes Street's starting to look like a war zone! #Edinburgh

The City Art Centre today, with pigeons! #Edinburgh

Crab apple blossom in the Dean Cemetery, #Edinburgh.

Yellow, 2019.

A recent discovery, The Plague Doctor at the entrance to Writers' Court on the High Street! #Edinburgh

Possibly the chart that Vision Express use for their customers with exceptionally poor eyesight!

Putting away the Christmas decorations at the Botanics! #Edinburgh

No Parking! #Edinburgh

Christmas in Trinity. #Edinburgh

Christmas in the New Town. #Edinburgh

The Honourable Mrs Graham (1757-92) by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) in the National Gallery of Scotland. #Edinburgh

Coat of the day! #Edinburgh

The Balmoral Hotel bathed in sunshine after this morning's rain. #Edinburgh

Took a stroll around the Scottish National Gallery today, here we have the Portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) next to the bust of Monsignor Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo, Archbishop of Pisa (1547-1607) by Bernini. #Edinburgh

Kebabish, Dalry Road, #Edinburgh.

I'm not in Marchmont very often so only spotted this ghost sign on Argyle Place this morning, looks like one of the signs on the Argyle Bar has come down. #Marchmont #Edinburgh #ghostsign

It's all about the coat! #Edinburgh

Some of today's walkabout shots. #Edinburgh

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? "Leisure" - William Henry Davies #Edinburgh

The secret door! #Edinburgh

Strolling today from Greyfriars Kirkyard down to Princes Street. (needs a tap to see the full images) #Edinburgh

Arrived on Tuesday.

Wasn't expecting to see Eduardo Paolozzi's "Master of the Universe, 1989" outside the Scottish National Gallery today, he usually sits by the entrance to Modern Two on Belford Road! #Edinburgh

Dept. Q, Princes Street, #Edinburgh.

Sunday morning stroll along Abercromby Place on my way to the Portrait Gallery Cafe. #NewTown #Edinburgh

Sad to see the recently uncovered ghost sign above The Elephant House on George IV Bridge being painted over. #ghostsign #Edinburgh

Sad to see the recently uncovered ghost sign above The Elephant House on George IV Bridge being painted over. #ghostsign #Edinburgh

The entrance to Archers' Hall, the club house of the Royal Company of Archers, the Sovereign's Bodyguard in Scotland. #AdoorableThursday #Edinburgh

Elsie in Dalry! #Dalry #Edinburgh

Monday morning stroll in the sunshine. #Edinburgh

A bit of a ghost sign emerging in Howe Street this morning. #ghostsign #NewTown #Edinburgh

Today in Princes Street Gardens. #Edinburgh

Out for a wander just to keep my eye in! #Edinburgh

#SundayYellow #Edinburgh

The Balmoral Hotel from Princes Street Gardens earlier today. #Edinburgh

Edinburgh in August, some recent walkabout photos.

Stopped briefly in Selkirk this morning for a coffee and managed a quick walk along the street. #Selkirk

Pleased to see a new piece taking shape at St John's at the West End, will call by later in the week to see the finished work. #Edinburgh @karinbosshard.bsky.social

Kick Ass!, Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, 2001.

Nice Tteokbokki Makes You Happy . . . . . The Alchemy of Sadness. Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.

My daughter living in Broughton Pl, put her rubbish out, shoeless in a loose antique silk wrap. And the door shut behind her. Spent the next hour in Just Junk resplendent in huge silver-painted Doc Martins till I arrived with the spare key. Joy of a place. Owner still going strong as of last evening

Just Junk, Broughton Street, Edinburgh, 1998.

A struggling musician yesterday in the Lawnmarket, #Edinburgh.

The early morning queue at Lannan Bakery in Hamilton Place. #Edinburgh

Today's ghost sign discovery at The Elephant House Cafe, the self-proclaimed "Birthplace of Harry Potter", on George IV Bridge. #ghostsign #Edinburgh

Some recent walkabout photos. (needs a click) #Edinburgh

From Advocate's Close looking down onto Cockburn Street. #OldTown #Edinburgh

Private House Not a Museum (quite small, so needs a click) #Edinburgh #signsonsunday

The premises of William E Scott & Son in Causewayside, makers of sporrans and Highland belts. #Edinburgh #ShopFrontFriday