Yesterday

 My art history course for this week was cancelled. I got the email the day before and was fortunate to be able to arrange to meet a friend for coffee in Edinburgh. Afterwards l decided to have a walk down Leith Walk . Until recently it was full of roadworks, now these have gone.

A view along Leith Walk in its now roadworks free state.

My forebears worked in this shop for many, many years.

Signage outside Leith School of Art which used to be the Church for Norwegian seamen.

A mural on the gable end of a building with surrounding greenery.

Mural just on the side of a building but a quite striking one.

I liked this shop logo very much and thought one could tell a story round it.

The gable end mural in all its glory. My mother’s family lived in Leith and worked there too.

On my walk l saw a woman and her daughter in traditional Norwegian costume. I overheard them tell someone they were off to an event( walking down the Mound and then off to the Gardens) to celebrate Constitution Day. A belated happy Constitution Day to any Norwegians reading this! I know I have at least one.