3c mosaic depicting a peacock from the House of Dionysus in Paphos #mosaicmonday

#mallardmonday: Mr & Mrs on the River Esk in Musselburgh

"Colonies" in Edinburgh were built by philanthropic model-dwelling companies to provide housing for the poorer, "working class" families, in 19c and early 20c. This mural celebrates the colonies at Abbeyhill on the east side of the city. #muralmonday

The shaft of a cross (950-1000) featuring two bearded figures facing each other round a column: #stoneworksunday in the Lindisfarne Museum

A Cormorant at Yellowcraig in #EastLothian #SuperSeabirdSunday

Pencaitland, one of the most charming church buildings in #EastLothian: early 17c, though there has been a church on the site since 13c #steeplesaturday

The Venetian Bourtzi Castle (1473) in the Bay of Nauplion in Greece #castlesaturday

The evening sky over #Edinburgh yesterday #sunset

Pointing to some of Edinburgh's diverse attractions, where the Innocent Cycle Path crosses the Braid Burn #fingerpostfriday

Initially overcast & drizzly at #Musselburgh this morning, but it brightened up later. #Twite, #RedbreastedMerganser, #CommonScoter & #ReedBunting (amongst other good sightings including 11 #Gadwall) #birdwatching

The Anchor Inn in Whittonstall in Northumberland between Corbridge & Consett. This is a considerable distance inland and the "anchor" in question is supposed to be a medieval "anchorite" hermit #pubsignthursday

The Porte des Tours (Gate of the Towers) (c 1300l) in Domme in Périgord: a place of imprisonment for Knights Templar 1307-1318 after Philip IV of France turned against them ##thursgate

Black Stilts in a captive breeding programme near Twizell in South Island, NZ (2006). It is estimated that there are less than 200 still in the wild, mainly confined to the Mackenzie Basin. #waderwednesday

The rose window of the Cathedral of San Rufino in Assissi (12c) #windowsonwednesday

Dragon by William de Morgan, in an exhibition at Wightwick Manor in 2019 #tilesontuesday

A naked Oak awaiting the return of Spring, in Princes St Gardens (with the Ross Fountain and St Cuthbert's Church in the background) #thicktrunktuesday

Part of a larger mosaic with a number of mythological stories, from the House of Aion in Paphos. The section shows the Judgement of Marsyas, with Apollo, partly cut-off in this photo, in the right-hand corner. Dated by a coin to after AD 318 #mosaicmonday

A pair of Wigeon in the John Muir Country Park #EastLothian #mallardmonday

Gannets on the Ile de Bonaventure, Québec in Canada #SuperSeabirdSunday

A mother Centaur suckling her child: St Mary's, Iffley #stoneworksunday

All Saints, Mendham in Suffolk: medieval, restored in 19c: the village where the artist Sir Alfred Munnings was born ##steeplesaturday

Glanum, near St Rémy-de-Provence, was an old Celtic settlement given the status of 'oppidum latinum' c.20 BC. 1) generalview; 2) peristyle House of the Antae; 3) triumphal arch; 4) mausoleum of the Iulii (local family given citizenship as reward for military service) #romansitesaturday

The Far de Capdepera, on the easternmost point of Majorca #pharosfriday

#pubfrontfriday in Dublin

A male #Goldeneye on Figgate Pond (a suburban Pond in Edinburgh) this morning

Malleny Garden, Balerno, Edinburgh #thursgate

The Cathedral of St Etienne (11c) in Cahors (Lot, France): the north door with a good tympanum ##adoorablethursday

A party of #Bullfinch opposite the cottage just now. A pity none of the males would look at the camera!

A Grey Plover enjoying the sunshine at Musselburgh last Saturday #wadersonwednesday

A handsome castle, but .... Help, please. Photos I took a long time ago, and didn't label. Where is it? #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday

A Sycamore on a wintry Winton Estate in #EastLothian #thicktrunktuesday

The roof of St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna #tilesontuesday

Yesterday was apparently #WorldHippoDay, so here is an appropriate extract from the Nile Mosaic at Praeneste #mosaicmonday

South Leith Parish Church #mementomorimonday

The Propellor at Dunbar Harbour, commemorating Robert Wilson (1803-1882), the son of a local fishing family, who invented the "Revolving Scull", a form of screw propellor #allmetalmonday

Shelduck taking it easy at Musselburgh on Saturday #mallardmonday

A pair of Long-tailed Ducks off the sea-wall at Musselburgh yesterday #SuperSeabirdSunday

Construction problems: the worst of the 12c arches in Selby Abbey #stoneworksunday

Sunshine & blue sky! A lovely Saturday morning walk at Musselburgh. A view from the Esk mouth towards Fife; highlights included #Shelduck, #Teal & #LongtailedDuck, but 3 Shovelers were too far away for a usable shot.

The Temple of Apollo at Didyma (1) is one of the largest in the Ancient World. The impression on visitors is enhanced by the height of the stepped base (2) on which it was built and of the flight of steps (3) by which visitors accessed it (Late 4c BC) #staircasesaturday

Duntrune Castle on Loch Crinan, originally 12c but the existing tower-house is early 17c #castlesaturday

The medieval lighthouse in Collioure was repurposed as the clock-tower of the newly-built church of Our Lady of the Angels in 1693. #pharosfriday #steeplesaturday (Collioure is on the Mediterranean coast of the Pyrénées-Orientales in France, and was the home of Fauvism.)

A handsome 1750 building in Haddington, now housing a hair-stylist's #EastLothian #shopfrontfriday

The Cathedral Close in Carlisle #thursgate

In Edinburgh's New Town #adoorablethursday

A wooden box (1610) decorated with a lion and a unicorn, animals associated with the arms of James VI & I, possibly a writing casket (Burrell Collection, Glasgow) #woodensday

A 17c turnpike/turret staircase in Mitchell's Close, one of the only two remaining in Haddington #EastLothian (Restored in 1960s) #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday

A Hooded Plover in Tasmania #waderwednesday

Alder Trees with a mantle of ivy, by the River Tyne in Samuelston. The Alder is a favourite haunt of the #Siskin which takes its French name (Tarin des Aulnes) from the tree. #thicktrunktuesday