This display of coats of arms and flags could well have been one of the most colourful sights amongst the already incredibly colourful Edinburgh Tartan Parade! A very stirring image from a celebratory occasion.

I don't suppose any of you have some top tips for cleaning cut steel jewellery?

Not the message I wanted to read in the cemetery

Yellowhammer in the garden klaxon

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

A choice was made today, but exactly what that choice was remains unclear

Happy Festivus to all who celebrate, may your grievances be aired and your feats of strength be unmatched.

My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.

A very Scotland result in the World Cup draw there

Here we go for #Heraldecember2025! #heraldry #Heraldecember 1. Counterfeit

That's what I need, a jumper that makes it look like I've been shot in the chest with a 18th century cannon.

forest foot

We played 'What year was Robert born' at work today, and let me tell you, we are not playing that again.

Arms of James Stewart, Duke of Ross. Stained glass in Stirling Castle. Quarterly, 1 & 4 Or a lion rampant gules within a double tressure flory-counterflory of the same (Scotland); 2 Gules three lions rampant argent (Ross); 3 Or three piles gules (Brechin). #Heraldry #StainedGlassSunday #Photography

did you know that if you leave your laptop in the premier inn hub at shoreditch, the staff will post it back to you if you send them a box with prepaid postage on it? But, there's an even better solution!

I forgot to tell you all I had a good Sunday roast at The Grey's Inn at Embleton a while back - very worthy winners of this award.

If you want to dress well this fall, imagine yourself as Big Jim Collie, a Scottish crofter in the 1970s who lived alone in a bothy and rode a rickety old bicycle through the Lairig Ghru, the highest mountain pass in the highest mountain range in Britain, while sustaining himself on a bit of dram.

@swansonian.bsky.social happy birthday!

'Scottish summer'

Won £1 on the Octopus Wheel of Fortune

Happy Little Tree

Yes, that's exactly who he is.

Today I learned that sequins and spangles are not the same thing.

Stained glass windows at the Super Nintendo store in Epic Universe.

For @jeelyeater1.bsky.social and other stained glass appreciators - windows in Mid-Deeside Church, Torphins.

for @andywoodturner.bsky.social, who *loves* a thing made into a lamp

But ... what if I want a Bland Bob Ross? Or a Savory one? #HappyLittleAccidents #ThingsOverheard #Sandwich

For Sibling's Day today I thought I'd continue with another tartan backed piece. My emblazonment for two Ross brothers, each with their own grant of arms, on their Clan's Hunting Tartan

Local half marathon earlier today, this year we got some obnoxiously loud cowbells to ring as the runners passed. Even spotted @willierennie.bsky.social amongst the throng, surely the fastest MSP in Clackmannanshire today!

no, YOU left your phone out in the garden since yesterday afternoon

Practice piece, coat of arm of an online acquaintance. The b̶e̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ art practice will continue until m̶o̶r̶a̶l̶e̶ output improves.

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

Got to meet some cool birds today

Arms of an online acquaintance painted by me, featuring millet as the main charge. There are at least four things I would do differently, but other than that, it's not a terrible rendition. #heraldry

Forgot to wish all the horses a happy birthday yesterday

so when are these meteors coming anyway?

While you've all been slaving over Turkey, I've been preparing this Chicken for later.

Elegant couple at a goldsmith’s shop for a ring, in 1449. But what about those 2 men in the mirror? And what is luring us? Wonderful wares, wonderful painting, Petrus Christus.

Mate - never spoil a great image by telling the truth

@intothehinterlands.co.uk just sorting old photos using low-res thumbnails and thought i'd somehow captured an incredible moment of water and sun turning into diamonds - I'd done a Teigny! But no, it's fireworks.

Joining with thie year's #Heraldecember every day until I forget #heraldecember2024 #heraldry 1. Rhapsody

Good fun with friends old and new in Edinburgh last night, and very grateful to talented friends who helped make my place setting look so festive

I see those people are doing that thing again

Hello to my heraldry pals on here, this is my coat of arms as drawn by the inimitable @gecktron.bsky.social

It turns out nobody can stop you if you want to make a chip butty with two slices of pizza instead of bread

Please enjoy some of my surprise findings from today’s manuscript haul at the British Library 🐐🦜🛡️ #heraldry

Hands have really evolved since the early 18th Century

Hello all you folk that have arrived recently. I've given up on the other place too. Here is a tiny oak leaf that I drew.

When I’m feeling a bit sad I always look at this lemming on a spoon.