ROSE STREET
Twisting through a dusty land.
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PICARDY PLACE:—AUTUMN COLOURS
Our photo has prompted some reaction to 'desiccated foliage' in the background. Readers have criticised Council officials for inadequate irrigation of the Picardy Place planting.
Spurtle is more sanguine. The Editor, at least, doesn't mind the seasonal die-back of plants at this time of year, and accepts that its early onset may have been unavoidable after an exceptionally dry, hot spring and summer.
In any case, editing of the photo has certainly reduced the full range of interesting yellows, browns, fawns and ochres which have appeared here over recent weeks.
STREET CIRCUS
Very much the Marmite of Festival experiences.
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CANONGATE
An eldritch opening.
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PRECIPITOUS SPURTLESHIRE
Brownie points to anyone able to identify this steep corner of Greater Spurtleshire. Location will be added to the foot of the page in a few days' time.
In the meantime, see map here. Beware of Broughton's elastic boundaries.
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THOUGHTFUL
A quiet moment on Calton Hill.
City Observatory in the background.
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KERR STREET
Glad to see that top heritage boss is easing gently into the new job.
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DIVERSE PATHWAYS
To make my way to a funeral service, I took the tree-lined Warriston Path into a sunny St Mark’s Park.
St NINIAN’S ROW
The long drop and a flash.
No. 46 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.
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#vertigo