Pram below

Blinding sunlight from the south after the clouds went on their way.

Wet wall

Stuck in traffic on the old dock road.  Scenic it's not.

Vicky's pigeons

Foot o' the Walk

Gull city

Amazing what a little bit of flooding can do to popularise an area.

Qwerty

It's writing time. 

Litter

Filling the cat litter bin

Twinkle, twinkle

Tree

That is all.

Tempted....

....to have a lie down.

It's not as if we had many customers around. 

Final shop day of 2013.

Santa Clausions

Bargains.

Tasteless bargains.

Charging point

So many gadgets, so much charging required....

On the street

Where you live.

Indoor snowperson

Weird outfit of the day winner

Filing

Keeping the price labels in order.

Let me out!

Xmas escape plan in operation.

Winter skyline

Cold.  A bit dismal.  Perfect xmas weather....

Time disappears, the dishes don't

A late one today.  At 13.57 I was sweating over a hot stove, preparing lunch for friends, so my mind was anywhere but on photo taking.

So here's the aftermath.  There's more on the other side of the kitchen....

Nice meal though.

Who's under the bed?

But there's no escaping the camera.

The seasonal joys....

.... of Asda?

Festive irons

Nothing says 'Merry Xmas' like a domestic appliance.

Supplies

Keeping the workers going.

Not my thing though.

Casting a long shadow

A reminder that the shortest day isn't far off.

Ooh, that's puntastic!

No it's not, it's terrible, and whoever's responsible should be ashamed.

They even sent out promotion material made to look like flight tickets.  Bluuurgh.

Paperwork, paperwork....

Form filling to the left of him, form filling to the right of him....

Anyone still believe in the paperless office (or shop)?

Just finished

Breakfast!

Made to go where?

Tebay services, southbound, M6

The only place I'm being made to go is back to Southport :-(

But then we're off out to dinner with good friends.  A pissed and well fed night ahead. :-)

What's he got to laugh about?

Xmas shopping isn't funny.

Bah, humbug.

High Street

The High Kirk of Saint Giles.  And that bloke Smith.

The high winds have gone.  Sunshine and .... bloody cold now.

Sunny bus

Inside the bus....

Outside the bus.

Golden indeed.

My favourite spot

Newhaven Harbour.

Look closely and you can just about make out the Forth Bridge.

The shop, the car park and the yacht

If that isn't a sure fire hit film title I don't know what is.

The Britannia, sat outside the Ocean Terminal shopping centre in Leith.

Building site

First block of several by the looks of it.

Handy for the docks....

From the bus

Elm Row bus queue

Long shadows

But a beautiful day

Victoria Quay

Scottish Government building, Leith

On our way back from shopping.

Watch the wheel

The statue has a good view of the people going round in Edinburgh's Xmas big wheel.

Has it really come to this?

Waiting for coffee and cake in a John Lewis cafe.  Rock 'n Roll.

I am now officially old, boring and middle class.

Shut up.

Sandy

What a man.  Sits there every day, no matter the weather, and has women flocking to sit on his lap.

Laughter brings us together

This pair came to the comedy club on their own and she sat at his table.  At the end, having laughed together, they had a nice chat, smiled a lot and parted as if they were best friends.  Lovely to see.

She didn't offer him any of her lunch though.

Harbour Master

Leith Docks

Another brick in the wall...

.....of boxes and bags that will soon fill up this boot

Peeling

Topping for chilli cottage pie

Time for toast

Can you smell it?

Froth and sponge

Car washing time

Joannas

Why does it seem like eveyone is giving up their old pianos?   In the charity shop where I work we've had seven come in during the past two weeks.  Five are still on the shop floor, priced betwen £50 and £100. Normally we'd only see one every couple of months. 

Also old sewing machines, some dating back to the thirties.  We've had six of them recently.

But not a single guitar, a shame for the guy who omes in at least twice a week to ask if we've had one in. 

Slow progress

Varnish removal always looks easier on YouTube

Tat

I am in Poundland

*shamed face*

Cock

Yours for only three quid

Waiting for the paper

Slow printer connections can ruin your day

Projects

Bit of DIY going on out in the garage