A Day Spent Wandering

Thursday, i attended a talk at the Edinburgh Central Library, then a colleague and i went wandering around the gardens and burial grounds, looking for a place to sit and work. Here are some pictures of what we saw.

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Saw these outside the butcher next door. We never see this in the US anymore really.

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The name of this law practice made me laugh.

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Brass sculptural map of the castle and city centre, labeled in braille for the blind.

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Determination.

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Rope carved in stone is a popular architectural embellishment here.

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Carven thistle.


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Stone mourner at St. Cuthbert's.


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A robbed grave?


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Bootmaker's tombstone.

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The "(SEE OTHER SIDE) at the bottom of this stone cracked me up.

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Spooky ornate carving on a stone from the 18th century.


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Mossy skull teeth.

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This fellow died in 1763 at the age of 27.


yesterday, i went to Stirling Castle, but that'll be another post.

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