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All-time favourite ghost sign:
They come as a boon and a blessing to men: the Pickwick, the Owl and the Waverley pen.
When you retire:
… it turns out that you get to spend all day doing what you want! Who knew?
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One of the joys of Edinburgh for me is the public transport - you may laugh, as we have no metro, very few city trains and currently only half a tram line - but the buses are (1) frequent and well organised, (2) publicly owned, and (3) free! (If you’re lucky to be the right age).
But what really impressed me recently was these stairs on a double decker bus. Normally the bus stairs are a dark dingy hole between decks, but these are so bright and cheery! Kudos to the designer.
#3goodthings #bus
A family of coots. It looks like they’ve been very successful this season - five youngsters!
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@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange Here in Scotland I once saw a wild pheasant mother leading a group of tiny fluffy chicks along a path. When accidentally disturbed, the tiny fluffballs took cover while the mother astonished me - she rushed a few yards down the path then started making loud pheasant noises while limping pathetically in a circle and flapping her wings - “eat me! I’m vulnerable! They are not the chicks you’re looking for!”
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@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange When I went to the Netherlands on holidays I would go to art galleries to see the old Dutch paintings; and I began to notice that many of Gabriel Metsu’s had the same lovely little dog in them. Then I learned that they’re still around! (Looks it up) The Drentse Patrijshond, or Dutch Partridge Dog. It’s real! 🥰
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @fbinin@mastodon.fbin.in @ozoned @firesidefedi @NorcalGma2@sfba.social Wow, I had no idea that this existed. What a glorious pleasure. Well done to all involved, and thank you! (And a special hello to Summer.)
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@uc@mastodon.scot I’m not sure where you have this extra time to spend, but if I had an hour in Wuppertal I’d spend it riding on the Schwebebahn 😁
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@CiaraNi@mastodon.green Those colours are outrageously cheerful and happy. I hope your week is too.
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@Lizette603_23@mastodon.social Baby bird season is a lot of fun :-)
A lovely visit to the park. It’s chicks season! Pictures: Canada geese and tiny Canada goslings; Coot and cootlings; a larger cootling; four grey herons doing a stately dance (*).
(* Not really; a lady was throwing food to the herons, who seemed to be warily circling each other while waiting for titbits to come their way)
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@mo@icelandphotos.co.uk Beautiful language, and a gorgeous picture.
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@clever_reports@mastodon.art That’s a fabulous description, and a lovely picture.
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@sunflowerinrain@mastodon.online @muddle@infosec.exchange @alanferrier@mastodon.scot Superb. I’m impressed; wish I could have been there.
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@muddle@infosec.exchange @alanferrier@mastodon.scot Confession: for a second I read IOW as Isle of Wight, and thought: wow, them too? Epic!
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@CiaraNi@mastodon.green When a friend went for a (formal, planned) job interview, he had to wait a while before the interviewers would be ready for him, and he was shown to the office kitchen. He got chatting to various people as they got their cups of tea or coffee; they seemed like great people and he really opened out and chatted happily back to them. When the interview itself came, it was more or less just “you’ve got the job”.
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@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot Oops, and here’s the accompanying plaque:
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@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot That explains the stone I found in Roseburn recently! Possibly the same turnpike. Do you know the meaning of the symbol on the Glasgow side of this one?
I kind of knew I was going to have to extricate myself from the Apple ecosystem some day, but until now I couldn’t face the effort it’d take. Looks like it’s time to roll my sleeves up and get started.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/apple-closes-first-union-store-maryland
This afternoon we went to the beach (at Musselburgh in Scotland) where the tide was waaaaay out, the sun shone, and the beach and harbour seemed to be steaming with evaporating water.
Lovely walk this morning under a perfect cloudless clear blue sky, and glorious sunshine which wasn’t too hot. Perfect. I spent much of the time admiring the blossom on the trees.
We had a lovely walk in the park this afternoon (*) where we saw this grey heron, standing in the perfect spot to be framed by the tangle of wood in the pond.
(*) Why yes, we *do* have nothing better to do all day now than enjoy ourselves! It’s great. I recommend it.
Really peaceful by the river yesterday evening. Lots of swans (not pictured) - they seem to come in off the sea when the tide is high. Sunny, but chilly, a north wind. But sunny.
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@AltTextHealthCheck Just to say:
- Yay, my host is near the top!
- It turns out that alt text is FUN to write. Just slow down a minute, relax, take the time to describe your picture; feel creative while doing good.
Spotted on my morning walk, an MG Magnette, a perfect-looking survivor from the 1950s.
A brilliant petition for UK folks to sign: “Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people”
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760231
The world has gone mad.
A very pretty old Bedford CA van with a Dormobile conversion, spotted out and about today.
Wild garlic growing by the Roseburn Path, one of Edinburgh’s loveliest green spaces. I don’t know anything quite as green as wild garlic in the spring.
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@tslumley@fediscience.org @jackeric@beige.party @buzzyrobin@chaos.social @realsimon@mastodon.green @danielgibert@mastodon.online Reminds me of the British road signs like SLOW CHILDREN and HEAVY PLANT CROSSING