Descending Caerketton Hill, Christmas Eve – Watercolour in a Watercolour Moleskine
Caerketton Hill is the most northerly of the Pentland Hills which overlook the south side of Edinburgh. Further along from this part is the Hillend Artificial Ski slope although, with all of our recent snow, there has been no need for “pretendy skiing”. This is my son, Andrew, who is holidaying at home from his work in New Zealand. A couple of friends and he went for a walk in these parts of Christmas Eve. He told me he got down the hill, just after the photo this is copied from was taken, by sliding on his backside. Poor guy! He got an earful from me as this is not recommended practice, being considered dangerous. What a shame. He comes halfway round the world and gets a row from his dad. Well, he is almost 30 years old.
Maggie 6:49 pm on December 30, 2010 | #
“Uncle Bob”….I came to visit here to see my daughter’s art…that I’ve come to miss since she “grew and flew.”
And I stumbled onto your landscapes and am enjoying them a great deal.
An aside…..a venison burger? Really, you can buy them a sidewalk restaurant/cafe???? Wow.
Again, thanks
Best of New Years
Uncle Bob 2:55 am on December 31, 2010 | #
Hi Maggie. Thank you for these kind words and for viewing my meagre attempts to post stuff on this website. Venison Burgers? We don’t normally buy them from roadside vendors. In fact we don’t normally have roadside vendors like, say, in NYC. These burgers were bought from a “Fair” or “Market” Every year there is a “German Market” in Princes Street gardens, right in the centre of Edinburgh. This year we also had, as an addition,a “Scottish” section and hence the venison burgers which were much needed on a cold day. I filmed the market, last year, and you can see what it looks like at the link shown.
I hope you don’t miss your daughter too much. Our son, as described above, is home from NZ after a couple of years away. He joins his two other brothers and we already have had a terrific Christmas and are looking forward to an equally terrific New Year’s party – this is the main one here in our wee country. Again, thanks for the feedback and all the best of everything to you and your in 2011 – Regards, Bob McDowall
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