Edinburgh I: art and shopping

Collective gallery at Calton Hill

The underside of Bertille Bak's tapestries.

Princes Street from the hill.

Spoon, a lovely restaurant and cafe.

By far the best purchases of the day.

Christmas

It seems appropriate to post these on Twelfth Night. A quiet, contemplative festive season this year. I cannot say I'm sad to see the back of 2013, but I really feel that 2014 is going to be a stonker. 

Escape

Birds, flying, in a snowy sky

Bostock and Wombwell's Menagerie

A few images from an agricultural show in Berkshire. Interesting how it feels similar to the one I shot in France last summer.

Making My Own Museum, IV

My cousin Ellie at the Pitt Rivers, Oxford.

WINNER from WHOOP-DE-DOO Part 3

Goodness me, what a lot of people have been visiting the blog to check out the images from the past year. Apologies for the technical difficulties which might have stopped you entering!

I am pleased to say that our third and final winner is SIOBHAN!

Siobhan says:

"Continuing the theme of love and appreciation for the way you photograph little tiny things, my choice this week would be this one: http://katherineleedale.blogspot.com/2011/09/test-shot-for-ten-things.html. They are so adorable, and a little bit ginger. Perfect.
xxx"

Thanks to everyone for their kind words. Let's have a look at all the winners...

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Quite an eclectic mix, but that's a natural consequence of my gnat-like attention span! I think the shot below should get an honorable mention, as three people voted for it this week.

 

Congratulations to all the winners - I'll be working on the final prints next week so hopefully they should be a lovely additional Christmas present from me to you to say thanks so much for reading! Normal service on the blog will resume after my house move next week.

Making My Own Museum, III

Making My Own Museum, II

Second of three sets from the Natural History Museum.

Making My Own Museum, I

 

From the Natural History Museum.

Autumn and a competition

Another experiment in combining papercraft and photography. 

 

A teaser: the blog is almost a year old (how time flies!) and I'll be announcing a competition to celebrate that fact we get nearer to the day itself so keep your eyes peeled.