Some flora and fauna in the garden

Patty's plum Oriental poppy

Verbascum

Cherry tree

Heron

Blue-tit turned round at the wrong moment

Blue-it mid chirp

Wood peckers

Squirrel with strange ears

Just a few photos of things that appear in my garden.  Not great photos but a few of them were taken behind a window.

Springvalley Gardens in sepia

These photos were taken in a small side street in Morningside, Edinburgh.  I used this tutorial roughly to make the sepia effect.   I love the old Wild West look but it is a shame that it is looking so run down now.  I found this blog which tells a bit of the history behind it.

Pesky moth larva

I put this little moth case on my window sill to get a better look at it, lo and behold it moved so I grabbed my camera and took this digital macro shot as the moth larva poked his head out.  Now I know they are pests but it is kind of cute.  It is around 6 or 7mm long.

Open Doors Day at Duddingston Kirk

A crypt

Inside the crypt

Kirk from a jaunty angle

Corbie steps

You can tell it is Harvest time.

These windows have just recently
been reworked and are looking amazing.

Open Doors Day at Duddingston House

No this isn't a photograph of some branches but it
is actually the wallpaper in the box room - fabulous!

Chandelier from the balcony

Chandelier from beneath