Tag: Schottland

One, two, three, … many!

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Counting chimneys in Mainz.

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What’s the collective noun for chimneys?  A smoke of chimneys?  I know that the collective noun for chimney sweeps is sweepdom.

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I found counting chimneys much more fascinating in England and Scotland, here in Edinburgh.

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How many do you count?

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To counterbalance all these huddles of chimneys here is an impressive solitary one.

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And what would a post about chimneys be without at least one sweep.

Linked to Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy Challenge: Counting Chimneys.

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The promise of a cobbled alley

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“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.

Do they have the golden rule?

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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.