From the dark corner.....

By Rozwood1970

Scotch mist? No, it's an Edinburgh tram!

If you look at this large, if you are able, you might wonder why the driver looked horrified. I was zooming in from a distance not stood in the middle of the tramlines! Maybe he saw me with my hood up and thought 'Oh no! I'm about to kill Kenny!' I have no idea but I never noticed his expression until I was sat on my bed at A Haven going through pictures.

Despite not drinking much last night I felt a bit sick all day with a shocking headache. Had a text chat with Lesley who doesn't drink at all earlier and she felt the same, I'm wondering if something is going around. I went down to breakfast as normal but only managed bran flakes followed by scrambled eggs. Seattle Man turned up before I was finished and told me he has decided he wants to live in Newington. Apparently, it's very lively and studenty. Hmmmmm. 'Lively and studenty' does not sound like a place an old bag like me would choose to live. I wished him a good day and then took my time getting ready, replied to a few emails and then headed into town with no real plan in mind.

After wandering through a chilly breeze for half an hour in Princes Street Gardens, I decided to go to St Andrews Square. The road at the side is really wide and seemed a good place to hang about tram spotting. It's there where I got today's picture.

I caught the bus to the Cameo Cinema after that and saw a film called 'Labor Day' starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. It was actually very good although I'm ashamed to say it made me a bit weepy. Fortunately, as it was just three boiled sweet sucking pensioners apart from me in there, no one noticed. I was glad it was a windy day when I came out into the daylight afterwards blinking owlishly. I was all prepared to tell people I had something in my eye if anyone wondered why I was teary. It's well worth seeing but not very realistic as there is a happy ending. Sob!

I caught the 11 up to Ocean Terminal, got myself dinner from M&S and then headed home to A Haven.

It was then off out to meet David, Lesley, Eric, Siobhan and Duncan at the Red Squirrel on the Lothian Road. It was a cracking night until David told me that this would be Blip 700! I never notice things like that and as you can tell, today is the same as any other day. The difference is that there is no such thing as a normal day in Edinburgh, the city of my dreams and heart. Every single day is a Blipday here; a day of celebration and I feel glad to be alive.

That's it. Reflections and sentiment done with. My feelings never change much. They probably just become more intense as time goes on.

Track? A relatively modern one for me from Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train

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