It seems to have done nothing other than rain solidly, every day, this year. Now that the new garden plants are in the weather has changed and it's now dry and warm. This means Angus is out at six this morning watering in the new trees .
We enjoyed the trip away. Edinburgh is a very livable small city. The elevator doors in the hotel have a pattern etched onto them. 'The Font' thinks the design is of flowers and trees. Angus thinks it's garden forks and bones. Possibly, just possibly, they could be thistles and rolled up parchment. Whatever they represent great time and expense has clearly been spent on them.
Annoyingly, this does not bother some folks :https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-its-harder-to-shed-weight-as-you-get-older-and-how-to-fight-it
The bizarre things that catch your eye :https://www.umt.edu/news/2024/04/041024cart.php
Probably not :https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24125481/consciousness-mental-health-language-science-ineffable-math
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The lion is quite magnificent. Gail is reminded that a trip to Edinburgh is overdue. Time to give Nobby some 'train training'.
As for the gaining weight as you age article - who knew that eating less and exercising more would be the recommendation?!
You're making me homesick for the city I lived in for 38 years until recently. Just a further thought on parking for another visit - the Park and Ride at Ferrytoll, at Inverkeithing, would be a much cheaper option than the airport parking. Because we lived in Edinburgh we still know the streets close to the centre where there is free parking and where you're likely to find a space, tho these are slowly disappearing as the council tightens the parking noose.
I went to a wedding in that hotel about 18 months ago. A good experience, although even the bride and groom found the room rates too budget busting to stay and opted for the Sheraton instead.
Love, love, love the lion.
The hotel looks like a rare combination of interesting design and actual functionality. And I love the lion. My son has an application in to the University of Edinburgh's master's program in performance psychology. It's probably not his first choice among the schools he's applying to, as he is primarily interested in sport psychology, but I think the Edinburgh program is cool because it extends to other high-stress professions like medicine, the military and performing artists - not to mention that getting to visit him in Edinburgh would be a treat. (On the other hand . . . Loughborough.)
I live in the US and have only been to Scotland once. But my brief experience in Edinburgh left me wanting to live there. Sometimes when I swim laps at the gym, I daydream about renting an apartment there for three months or so. I would love to consider living in Scotland permanently, but it doesn't seem possible. I'm of Scottish ancestry, but my folks left there too long ago for me to qualify. Thanks for sharing your trips there - what a wonderful city.
Nina
That is a rather nice hotel room, I love the skylight design. The Mercedes just came back from it's annual spa visit, almost 10% of what we paid for the car new.
That's a very handsome lion, but I should imagine rather unusual for the centre of Edinburgh.
The last time we visited the city, the sun was shining and our Labrador pup behaved impeccably in an environment totally strange to him. He obviously felt at home as much as we did.
This lion is grrrreat and must be a "mane" attraction in the park!
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