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  Some more pictures of those skeins and skeins of greylag geese that flew over us at sunset the other night when we were walking on the beach. #scotland #birds

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  Heading home. #seascape #Scotland

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  One of the joys of Edinburgh for me is the public transport - you may laugh, as we have no metro, very few city trains and currently only half a tram line - but the buses are (1) frequent and well organised, (2) publicly owned, and (3) free! (If you’re lucky to be the right age). But what really impressed me recently was these stairs on a double decker bus. Normally the bus stairs are a dark dingy hole between decks, but these are so bright and cheery! Kudos to the designer. #3goodthings #bus

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  A family of coots. It looks like they’ve been very successful this season - five youngsters!

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  #silentsunday

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  #silentsunday

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  A lovely visit to the park. It’s chicks season! Pictures: Canada geese and tiny Canada goslings; Coot and cootlings; a larger cootling; four grey herons doing a stately dance (*). (* Not really; a lady was throwing food to the herons, who seemed to be warily circling each other while waiting for titbits to come their way)

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  I kind of knew I was going to have to extricate myself from the Apple ecosystem some day, but until now I couldn’t face the effort it’d take. Looks like it’s time to roll my sleeves up and get started. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/apple-closes-first-union-store-maryland

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  This afternoon we went to the beach (at Musselburgh in Scotland) where the tide was waaaaay out, the sun shone, and the beach and harbour seemed to be steaming with evaporating water.

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  Lovely walk this morning under a perfect cloudless clear blue sky, and glorious sunshine which wasn’t too hot. Perfect. I spent much of the time admiring the blossom on the trees. #Edinburgh #bloomscrolling

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  Really peaceful by the river yesterday evening. Lots of swans (not pictured) - they seem to come in off the sea when the tide is high. Sunny, but chilly, a north wind. But sunny.

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  We had a lovely walk in the park this afternoon (*) where we saw this grey heron, standing in the perfect spot to be framed by the tangle of wood in the pond. (*) Why yes, we *do* have nothing better to do all day now than enjoy ourselves! It’s great. I recommend it.

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  Spotted on my morning walk, an MG Magnette, a perfect-looking survivor from the 1950s. #WeirdCarMastodon

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  Wild garlic growing by the Roseburn Path, one of Edinburgh’s loveliest green spaces. I don’t know anything quite as green as wild garlic in the spring. #Edinburgh #Scotland #spring

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  #silentsunday

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  A brilliant petition for UK folks to sign: “Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people” https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760231

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  The world has gone mad.

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  #SilentSunday #Edinburgh

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  A very pretty old Bedford CA van with a Dormobile conversion, spotted out and about today. #WeirdCarMastodon