Sunday 29 January 2017

Edinburgh: Gargoyles, art and literature

Whilst hubby was repairing his car, I took myself off for a day trip to Edinburgh.
Now, I could show you all the usual tourist-y photos - or I can show you what captured my heart.

Come instead, down Princes Street to the Scott memorial - and so worth the vertigo for this gorgeous sculpture


and the overview to this, is captured here:


Then wander down Rose Street with me, to see some amazing metalwork and window art on the outside of a BT building -







Every day of the week, illustrated. In case you can't quite make out the poem - here it is:


also in Rose Street was one of my favourite Rabbie Burns' poems, captured on the side of a building.

In case you can't quite read the text, the poem is HERE


Also popped in to the Scottish National Gallery - where to my delight there was a large exhibition of Turner watercolours. The bequest stipulated they could only be shown in a darkened room - and only in the month of January, to save them from fading. Fortuitously, I was in time.
There were two photos I took in the main rooms, an amazing marble bust, with such detail on the veins!

and a sumptuous El Greco - love the light in this.



and lastly, Waverley Station, for the journey home to Fife... a book lover's delight:


I do have some tourist type photos, and a pic of a darling little boathouse. Sometime in the near future, I have no doubt they'll be paintings.  Keep your eyes peeled.



7 comments:

  1. Happy Travels!
    Wonderful pictures from your outing
    Its difficult to read Burns and not coming away without speaking in some form like his lines. :)

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  2. WOW! Those windows are amazing! Wish I could have shared your touristy outing!

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  3. A really interesting post, thanks for sharing, Pat

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  4. Thanks for the wonderful tour, Pat! Edinburgh, a city I would love to visit one day!

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  5. Neat! I like gargoyles and that window is great!

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  6. Ah Pat - I so enjoyed visiting you and seeing your lovely photos of Edinburgh. It looks like you had such a delightful day. Hope you have another one like it soon. Hugs!

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