Tuesday, January 30, 2024

A quick trip.

The weather is beautiful. We make a spur of the moment decision to head down to Edinburgh for a couple of nights. It's that  pre-Valentines Day  time of year when  'impossible to get into'  restaurants  have tables and hotel prices are 'reasonable'. Tomorrow is the last day for this exhibition :https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/turner-january


On the town notice board a reaction to the news that Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods plan to buy the Picture House and turn it into a sports bar. At least the NIMBYism here rhymes.


The baker seems to have been inspired by the sunshine.


A Scottie makes a re-appearance in the butchers.

We should be back on Thursday.

The world will run out of construction grade sand by 2050 :https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722029746

And I thought opioids were a concern :https://www.cato.org/commentary/these-new-synthetic-opioids-could-make-fentanyl-crisis-look-good-old-days



9 comments:

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Have a good break - I just rec'd advance warning from SSE that there is another storm coming through for Wednesday, but you may escape it over there. Rather scary reading you have provided this post... YAM xx

rottrover said...

What a wonderful escape. So many of your photographs are reminiscent of Turner's work.

jabblog said...

I see one of the Scotties found a home locally.
Enjoy your break.
1,000 times more powerful than morphine . . . horror.

Jake of Florida said...

What a treat to see so many peaceful Turners. (I focused on them as well as the butcher's adopted Scottie and not on the newly found deadly opioids.) Enjoy your spontaneous getaway!

Lizzie said...

I am very jealous. The Turner watercolors are fantastic. Enjoy your break.
Opioids and Timberlake-Woods team very depressing.

TimberLove said...

Mmmmmm, I like apple cake,

Timber

Stephanie said...

Oh, I would love to see the Turner paintings! Have a lovely time.

Coppa's girl said...

Enjoy your mini-break - one of the advantages of not having a dog - you can go away at short notice!
Not impressed by the cake selection, they look rather amateurish to me, but perhaps they are very tasty?
Good to see a Scottie back again.

Travel said...

Safe travels, enjoy!