A fancy wreath.

The weather remains resolutely sunny and mild. What a difference from last year when we were battered by incessant rain and howling gales. The local farmers are making the best of the weather and are fairly zipping through their cabbage harvesting.

A wreath has been placed on the site outside chapel where Patrick Hamilton was burnt at the stake. The letters PH outlined in the cobble stones mark the exact spot where he was martyred. It's neither his birthday nor the date of his death so someone has presumably decided that November 11th is as good a day as any to commemorate him.  Tourists, students and people waiting to get the bus all carefully navigate around it. I don't think I've ever seen a wreath left, unattended, anywhere else. Closer examination shows that it's a rather fine affair :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hamilton_(martyr)
 

Further down the road three pumpkins on a window sill are showing signs of neglect. The students were keen to decorate for Halloween. They seem less keen  to clear up after.

The U.S Consul General in Edinburgh is coming to talk about Transatlantic cooperation. Perhaps not the best time to have scheduled a talk.

This was last sung, on this day, in Paris 80 years ago for Churchill. Plus ca change : https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/11-novembre-le-ch-ur-de-l-armee-francaise-chante-god-save-the-king-et-la-marseillaise_VN-202411110361.html

Dogs :https://www.the-scientist.com/what-drives-the-wet-dog-shakes-reflex-in-furry-animals-72317

AI powered binoculars :https://www.wired.com/story/swarovski-optik-ax-visio-ai-binoculars/

Ostriches. Do they ? :https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/do-ostriches-really-bury-their-heads-in-the-sand