Parliament windows
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, October 2021 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 11 January 2022 Posted as part of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and Monday Window …
Not quite a surprise
Edinburgh, August 2019 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 December 2020 Posted as part of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge …
In profile
The statue remembers the young Edinburgh poet, Robert Fergusson (1750-1774). Despite such a short life his work had great impact on Robert Burns and other writers that followed. Copyright […]
Foray into the Fringe
The Fringe events are scattered all over the city in theatres, university lecture rooms, pubs, restaurants and bars. Choosing which events to go to can be difficult as the choice […]
Caricatures
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 13 August 2019 Posted as part of Wordless on Tuesday
Summer equals festival
– Copyright Debbie Smyth, 11 August 2019 Posted as part of All Seasons
Blue sky over the Fringe
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 August 2019 Posted as part of Skywatch Friday
Timekeeping at the tollbooth
The distinctive Canongate Tollbooth sits on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, in what used to be the separate burgh of Canongate, outside the city’s walls. It was built in 1591 as the courthouse, burgh […]
Balanced Busker
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 April 2016 Linked to Weekly Travel Theme
Bloody Red Witchery on the Royal Mile
Hex colour reference: #ff5349 A colourful note: red orange appeared in the Crayola boxes in 1930, a most definite mix of the two colours in the name. Many of the shades provided […]
A Royal Unicorn
This regal unicorn crouches atop a column on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, brandishing a shield and saltire. This is the Mercat Cross, the current version of which is of Victorian […]
Travel with Intent 