Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh – Acrylic in a Watercolour Moleskine
These beech trees were photographed during a walk round Corstorphine Hill last Friday. You can tell, I hope, from the shadows that it was a lovely sunny day. What you cannot tell is it was freezing with the temperature well below 0C.
Corstorphine Hill (166m) is one of the, so called, “Seven Hills” of Edinburgh. The others include Arthur’s Seat (251m ) , Castle Rock (108m) , Calton Hill (95m , Braid Hills (208m) , Blackford Hill (164m & Craiglockhart Hill (157m ). Corstorphine Hill lies to the north of the city and is a local nature reserve. It boasts some interesting wildlife – Edinburgh Zoo is situated on parts of it and parts of the new “open enclosures” allow some animals to wander within close range albeit behind two parallel security fences. It’s scary, walking here at night, when lions etc roar close by. This place was a favourite haunt for my parents who did their courting here, during WW2 when dad was on leave. It was his wish that his ashes be scattered here when he died and this happened in 1992. My visit here, last week, was the first time I have been back here since. Quite an emotional experience.
I took some photos of my visit and, if you are interested, these are collected in a flickr set at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28475994@N00/sets/72157623477636686/
Mhuire 8:01 am on February 22, 2010 | #
I love trees, and I specially love YOUR trees!!!
plasma_girl 8:59 am on February 22, 2010 | #
A lovely picture! And a nice story to it, too; I’d love to have my ashes scattered in such a lovely spot.
trebor61 11:26 am on February 22, 2010 | #
Eres muy amable, Nuria. A quien le guste los árboles es un amigo mío.
You are too kind, Nuria. Anyone who likes trees is a friend of mine.
trebor61 11:27 am on February 22, 2010 | #
Thank you Steph but surely you are somewhat premature? If you insist, however, I can arrange things at this end
Rodney 12:54 pm on February 22, 2010 | #
A fine picture and although you write that it was freezing you can see that spring is around the corner … (compared to you previous collection of wintry-scenes). I also like the background stories that accompany your sketches. Each sketch has a background story and in this case a very personal one!
trebor61 1:27 pm on February 22, 2010 | #
Appreciate this Rodney. For some time now I have taken the advice which appears when we submit a post, literary:
“Tell us about your masterpiece!
What’s the story behind it? What medium was used? What technique?”
I also like to let folks know about my neck of the woods so they might be encouraged to visit. I get so embarrassed when I see tourists wandering around Edinburgh looking lost while at the same time being encouraged to part with their cash for rubbish. Maybe, in a small way, my wee descriptions might encourage a more eclectic view of these parts.
Nuria 4:04 pm on February 22, 2010 | #
Wonderful!.
trebor61 2:42 am on February 23, 2010 | #
Gracias Nuria. Acabo de darse cuenta de que he mezclado para arriba con Mhuire al responder a estos comentarios. Tanto de usted – por favor, acepte mis disculpas por mezclar los nombres de arriba.
Thank you Nuria. I’ve just realise that I’ve mixed you up with Mhuire when replying to these comments. Both of you – please accept my apologies for mixing your names up.
Nuria 2:38 pm on February 23, 2010 | #
No problem.
Sin problemas.