Some beautiful grave markers in the Kirkyard on the Canongate… 🪦 #edinburgh

New post on my blog at wildlifedetective.wordpress.com Book Review - Wild Edinburgh by Keith Broomfield

Today is Monday 17 November 2025 It is World Prematurity Day 💜 also ✝️ St Hilda of Whitby (learning, culture, and poetry) 🥖 Homemade Bread Day ☄️ Leonid Meteor Shower Peak French Republican Calendar: TUBEROUS PEA Begins this week: - Book Week Scotland 2025 Continues...

There's a single standing stone in a bog standard 1970s housing estate in Edinburgh. Surrounded by modern buildings, kept behind a railing, not quite in its original location. It's still... mystical to me. Like it just breathes history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensw...

What, here in Edinburgh? Is he on Next Door complaining about students and the bins?

Definitely dodged a bullet today with the shop emptied only 24 hours ago we came in today to find our old shop flooded with the post office the same. Two more small lakes out of view.

Good first day in the new shop. As busy as a very busy day in the old shop which is what we hoped for. Lots of people happy it just looked like the old shop only bigger! Staff happy to have so much room behind the counter.

✨Building Tours✨ Christmas Open Weekend 29&30 November at 2pm https://f.mtr.cool/lgenfllcog A special opportunity to explore our heritage building, printmaking studio, archive and collections.  £5, pre-booking advised. #heritage #buildingtour

Today is the anniversary of the abandonment of Edinburgh's first generation electric tramway system in 1956 when the 23 & 28 routes went over to motor bus operation. Edinburgh was one of a handful of operators that remained faithful to trams until the 1950s. @threadinburgh.scot ↘️ flic.kr/p/2rFJfbo

Today was the annual Mariner's Service at South Leith Parish Church. For 81 years they've held this memorial for those who have lost their lives at sea, in peacetime or in war, transporting passengers and provisions across the globe. In the UK, over 90% of everything we use comes from abroad.

It's that time of year, fellow whisky lovers! The tree is up at The Vaults in Leith, home of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Each man makes his island.

Photos from yesterday's lovely walk round Edinburgh's Easter Craiglockart Hill now on my blog craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2025/11/east...

I'm very lucky that in my day job I get to go around the South Sub line in Edinburgh. It could easily be reopened to heavy passenger rail, or tram-trains #ReopenTheSouthSub

Want to find out how to start your family tree? Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thurs 27 Nov at 2pm to find out how to use the library's free online and physical resources. Book your place by emailing [email protected]

In progress - Cramond Island from Silverknowes Beach, oil on canvas, 40" x 30" #oilpainting #seascape #firthofforth #edinburgh #scotland

A different John Lennon… Kirkyard on the Canongate… #edinburgh #johnlennon

🎄🎅Christmas Cards are back 🌲🎅 That time of year again my #Edinburgh themed Christmas cards are now available to purchase, perfect cards if you’re looking for a card that’s a little different this Christmas. View the full collection at my ETSY shop, link below or in the bio. artbymikeewing.etsy.com

Union Canal, boat house #monovember #Edinburgh #canal #reflections #silentsunday

Welcome! Join us on Friday 28th for a Bluesky virtual party/shop local event (Info bsky.app/profile/secr... )

Kay’s Bar, Edinburgh! Fabulous! Such a great pub - it had been on our list before and we’d never got there. So glad we made it there today! Great beers, red ceiling, doggy friendly! #pub

Cold day here in Edinburgh today, but had a good time walking around and catching Pokémon ☺️

Otter fishing on the water of leith earlier this month. Absolutely unfazed by onlookers on the walkway only a few feet above. @wolct.bsky.social #Edinburgh #otter #wildlife

The Scotsman Hotel provided a safe haven during my brief visit to Edinburgh. The people who work there are friendly, kind and helpful… @thescotsmanhotel #edinburgh

Saint Margaret of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Birth: 8 Sep 1045 Mecseknádasd, Pécsváradi járás, Baranya, Hungary #Death: 16 Nov 1093 aged 48 Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, #Scotland www.findagrave.com/memorial/838... #OTD #QueenMargaret #Saint #QueensFerry #FirthOfForth #DunfermlineAbbey #QueenMargaretHospital

Some of today's walkabout shots. #Edinburgh

A relic of St Margaret is contained in Gillis House, Edinburgh.

IT’S TIIIIIIIIIME ❄️🎁 Come along on the 4th December between 6pm-8pm for our Festive Late Night Opening! We’ll be celebrating with mulled wine, festive tunes, mince pies, and 10% off all purchases! See you there 🤩

Ancient meets modern. The Huly Hill Cairn and what is left of its stone circle are cut by the interchange at which the M8 and M9 motorways meet and are under the final approach to Edinburgh Airport. The cairn dates back to about 2500BC. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland

Teuchters, Edinburgh- for the rugby - absolutely rammed! Bar staff fabulously efficient and we even managed to get a table! #pub

Winner of both our Judges Prize and Peoples Choice vote for Gardens of the Year back in 2023, Clive Johnson-Cooper in Edinburgh removed a section of roofing from his home in 2005 to create a now much loved garden space.

Ye can get me one at @fruitmarket.bsky.social when yiz attend our non-denominational festive noise show 😉…. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edi...

Light on the canal- beauty everywhere #edinburgh

Leithmakers.co.uk 105 Leith Walk. A gallery, studios and shop featuring a range of locally crafted wares for sale, plus exhibitions and events

Who's gonna join me in spreading the #ShopLocal love a week on Friday?

Who will make Porty thrive? You!

🎄 Join one our natural wreath making workshops this December! Head down to the Royal Edinburgh Community Garden and be inspired by the natural environment to create your own sustainable Festive Wreath with evergreen foliage and natural materials.

Take a pew... Quick snap before our audience started to arrive at Christ Church for last night's Sally Magnusson event with @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social #photography #photographie #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Bruntsfield

Leith School of Art. Join us for a weekend full of ceramics, prints, cards, jewellery, paintings, textiles, and more — plus a hands-on activity stall for all ages! Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec | 10:30am–4:30pm | 66 Albion Road, Edinburgh | Free Entry. www.leithschoolofart.ac.uk

Lamp post with a #Crown on it near Holyrood Palace in #Edinburgh #Scotland

John Edmonstone, a Guyanese man born into slavery, became a successful taxidermist in 19th-century Edinburgh, mentoring figures like Charles Darwin and leaving a lasting legacy in his own contributions to natural history.

Which #Edinburgh pub am I in?

As the sun sets and as the winds claim the last of the autumn leaves🍁🍂, Walter & Arthur are looking forward to the weekend. Be sure to join them on our historical walking tours of Edinburgh in person🦮🐾🦮🐾- www.weewalkingtours.com #RoslinGlen #Sunset #GoldenRetrievers #TourGuides #Edinburgh #Dogs

Join our Fun-size Festive Wine Tastings.🍷 Enjoy 1 hour tastings from 28 Nov to 2 Jan at 3pm, 5pm or 7pm. Tastings designed with your busy #Christmas schedule in mind!
 Tickets just £15. Let us help make your Christmas a little more merry and bright!  🥂🎄✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wine-tasti...

Still lots to do but new shop opens tomorrow. Plenty of vinyl.

Unveiled #OnThisDay 1873, William Brodie's little statue of Greyfriars Bobby on this memorial drinking fountain in Edinburgh (this was the much-loved faithful pet that waited by his master's grave for the rest of his life) victorianweb.org/sculpture/br...

📆 Tomorrow night! 🎶 Mozart’s Mass in C Minor in the stunning St Cuthbert’s. 🎟️ Grab your tickets now: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/edinb… ⛪️ Limited tickets on the door. Featuring: Soloists from @RCStweets • Calton Consort • @ScotChambChoir @MCOEdinburgh#edinburghg#mozartrt

Bom dia! #COP30 might be happening in Brazil 🇧🇷… but @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social is bringing the climate convo to you! Join Edinburgh Earth Initiative's COP Café event on Wednesday, 19 Nov (2–5pm) in the Old Café at ECCI Register for FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cop-cafe-c... #ScienceCommunication