“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, I thought I was in a dream. “ A quote by Jack Kerouac.
Perfect for Debbie’s prompt Night over at Travel with Intent. Other nightly photos can be found here.
Tag: Edinburgh
Do you notice the arch?
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. This week I found some archways.
More streets, roads, paths, and avenues can be found here.
Do they have the golden rule?
This is George Heriot’s School in Edinburgh, seen from the street. As I checked on the name I found out that George Heriot was a goldsmith working for royalty around Shakespeare’s time. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
For Nancy’s A Photo a Week asking for photos with the colour gold.
For more golden photos, click here.
So many books, so little time
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Books and Paper. More photos of these can be found here.
X marks the spot
Those skis might not be much good on a piste anymore but they make great decorations.
Another wooden X – it is the top of a birdhouse made of the thick part of palm fronds, currently used as the centre piece of a small nativity scene.
X marks the spot – in this case, the very spot were covenanters were hanged for their protestant faith in Edinburgh’s grassmarket area in the 17th century. The memorial features a red version of the St Andrew’s cross.
Cee’s alphabet quest has reached the letter X. Other photographers interpretations of X (in word or picture) can be found here:
Bad graffiti.
Step up – or down
Cee’s Black and White challenge asks for steps and stairs. Most of my choices are outdoor steps.
Nature versus city, the dunes near Bamburgh Castle in the Northeast of England versus steps in Mainz, Germany.
Steps as seats – both in Birmingham. Thomas Attwood on the steps of Chamberlain square who fought for full employment and better democractic representation and city workers on their break (of which Thomas Attwood would have approved).
These rather spidery steps lead over an area which is left untouched to show how nature is recovering after the devastation left behind by the hurricane Lothar which swept through the area in 1999 . The steps on the left are from Edinburgh, Scotland.
The New Steps is a street (with steps) in Edingburgh.
And these are new steps in metal, rather than stone. Going up the spiral stairs near the Biosphärenhaus in the Pfälzer Wald, and going down to the subway in Munich.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/06/09/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-steps-indoors-or-outdoors/
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