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• A Year in Photos: Saturday – Black and White St Andrews

  

  Today is the final post of A Year in Photos, ending a week of posts celebrating the first birthday of Contemplating the Clouds. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2011 TRAVEL

• A Year in Photos: Friday – The Two That Don’t Fit

  

  For the other five days of this week (if we include tomorrow) the two photos have had a fairly solid themes. ‘Travel’ was perhaps slightly vague, but today not... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2011 TRAVEL

• A Year in Photos: Thursday – Photoshopped

  

  Today’s A Year in Photos is going to focus on my exploits into the world of editing.Regardless of how you do it, editing a photo can transform it from being dul... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 TRAVEL

• A Year in Pictures: Wednesday – Snow

  

  Now, as the weather is really beginning to turn and the North wind in blowing it seems apt to use today’s ‘A Year in Pictures’ to look at pictures of snow. Ok,... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 TRAVEL

• A Year in Photos: Tuesday – Travels

  

  So, day two of ‘A Year in Photos’. Travel is an important part of the blog, and that part has almost taken over lately. But that’s not the travel I’m going to... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 TRAVEL

• A Year in Photos: Monday – Sunlight

  

  To celebrate the first birthday of Contemplating the Clouds every day this week I am going to re-post twelve of my favourite photos from the past 12 months.... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 TRAVEL

• A Year of Contemplating

  

  Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me, Haaaaaaappppppy birthday dear Contemplating the Clouds, Happy birthday to me!Yes, today (Sunday 16th October 2011)... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 TRAVEL

• Edinburgh – Wandering at the Weekend

  

  Shopping is dull and boring. That is a fact. Don’t bother arguing, it’s simply true. Unless food and(/or) drink is involved, then it is infinitely... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 TRAVEL

• My Calendar is Being Economic with the Truth

  

  At the beginning of this year, whilst still living in St Andrews, I got a calendar. To be a little more specific, it’s a calendar of Edinburgh, with an... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 TRAVEL

• Alcoholic Adventure: The Next Generation

  

  Lets face it, the vast majority of us like the odd tipple every now and then. And who doesn’t like baked-goods which have been enhanced with a little booze... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• More Autumn Colours

  

  This is possibly one of my favourite times of year. It makes for some beautiful photos.There’s no room for carrying dead weight in the natural world, so as it... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Colours, They Are A Changing…

  

  It’s been a while since I’ve just put some photos up. Just as well really, I’ve just started a new job and now get to spend my days in an office and so have don... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Baking a Birthday Surprise: Chocolate and Ginger Cake with Orange Icing

  

  We have a tradition in our family that we make the effort to make a birthday cake (if you’re at home for your birthday, that is). The problem arises usually... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Highly Polished Tables and Handcuffs: Doors Open Day

  

  As if I didn’t act middle aged enough it was utterly compounded on Saturday by taking part in Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day. The idea of this weekend-long event... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 TRAVEL

• What Would Your Mother Say?

  

  Whilst having dinner at Illegal Jacks the other night (see the ramble on Food Tourism from yesterday) I slurped my way through a bottle of Brewdog’s Trashy... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Bagels, Brownies, Beehives and Burritos: A Day of Food Tourism In Edinburgh

  

  The beauty of having friends in town is that it is the perfect excuse to pretend that I don’t actually live in Edinburgh and see things with a slightly differen... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2011 TRAVEL

• Antidote to a Wet, Miserable Afternoon: Chilli Chocolate Brownies

  

  If you have missed the previous posts, I recently decided to make some Chilli and Lime flavoured gin (see the beginnings or the final product for further... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• “All Human Wisdom is Summed up in Two Words – Wait and Hope”: Making Lime and...

  

  Back in the summer (the weather now makes me feel it’s decidedly autumnal) when I went on a family visit to my great uncle (details here) he told me about how h... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 TRAVEL

• “Oh, I Think the Fireworks Are Synced to the Music!”

  

  The other day I wrote about getting a ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour of the Fireworks Concert, so here is the follow up. By way of a quick background, for those who... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• A Weekend in Photos

  

  For a sunny, Edinburgh Monday afternoon here’s a quick summary of my weekend.Coffee, lots of coffee (very much needed, not sure why). Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 TRAVEL