Heroes Not Zombies

In the hour before sunset, looking out of the window, I see this……

I decided to take a photo out of the same window every day at about the same time. I chose the hour before sunset because I’m usually back home by then and because that’s a time of day I’m always saying “Wow! Look at the sky!” HERE is a slideshow of 16 days in August/September – have a look.

Isn’t it amazing? Totally amazing just how different the same part of the world looks every day! (Actually it doesn’t just change daily of course – it’s constantly changing)

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As I was in a plane flying into towards Edinburgh Airport I decided to take a photo of the Forth Railway Bridge. Only after I’d taken it did I notice the large ship in the estuary – it’s the QE2 on it’s celebratory 40th anniversary tour.

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heading south, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Winter’s coming
Look! The geese are heading south. Such a lovely sight.
I’m sorry I didn’t get a better photograph of them but I’ll keep my eyes peeled and maybe I’ll see some more.
We had a thin frost yesterday morning so I guess the geese saw that coming!

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apple tracks, originally uploaded by bobsee.

I snapped this apple still hanging on the tree in the garden.
What caught my eye were these markings on the skin of this apple. What causes these marks? They look like tracks. Are they caused by some passing creature? Or is it some kind of apple disease? But if it is, then how does it come to develop along such straight lines?
Goodness! They’re almost like some kind of Chinese pictogram!
Is this a message?
And if it is, can you translate it for me please?

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plums, originally uploaded by bobsee.

A couple of weeks ago I helped gather plums from a single tree in my father-in-law’s garden. There were hundreds of them! We now have several pots of plum and ginger jam…….yummy!
What I love about this photo is the colour and texture of the plums. These are irregular plums fresh from the tree. It’s kind of sad that our supermarkets have strict criteria of size, shape and colour for fruit so that it all looks exactly the same.
I love this diversity

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ginza fashion, originally uploaded by bobsee.

What about clothes? How much do you think you a) express yourself with the clothes you wear and b) assess what other people are like from the clothes they wear?
In Tokyo at the moment there’s a big fashion in young women for wearing short shorts and black socks that stop about an inch or two above the knee. I haven’t seen anyone dressed like that in Scotland so it was very striking at first, but after a day or two there were so many dressed that way that it rapidly became unremarkable.
How much do we manage to express our uniqueness in the way we dress and how much do we express our “badges” of belonging?

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Walking through Ginza in Tokyo the other evening I spotted this building with the most peculiar windows

Ever seen windows like this?

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in the sky of grey and pink, originally uploaded by bobsee.

Look at these fabulous clouds – taken from above through the window of the plane from Paris to Edinburgh this morning. Reminded me of that photo I took of Ben Ledi when the sky was grey and pink.

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