View from Bruntsfield to Arthur's Seat.

Owl. Strangely for this blogger, no pussycat.

A house near the Meadows.

Victor Hugo

Interior of Victor Hugo's at the Meadows.  The exterior is here.

Meadow Lane in the snow

The view from the door of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Livingstone Terrace

I was house hunting. This is a potential new neighbour.

Peter's Yard

Swedish coffee shop, Middle Meadow Walk

This is part of the redevelopment of the Royal Infirmary site shown in Tuesday's photo. When I worked there 20 years ago there were surgical wards where this cafe is now. Next to it is Sainsbury's supermarket and next to that yet another cafe,
the unmentionable one that is taking over the world 400sq ft at a time.

The Old Royal Infirmary

Edinburgh's first officer of public health, Henry Duncan Littlejohn, a friend and supporter of Sophia Jex Blake, the first woman to practice medicine in Scotland, was instrumental in opening what was "probably the best hospital in Britain" in 1879. It was designed by David Bryce according to a model advocated by Florence Nightingale. In 2003 it moved to a new site at Little France (so named because it was once home to much of Mary, Queen of Scots, court). The old site is now being redeveloped by Quartermile into flats, shops and offices. You can see the glass and steel rising above the Victorian turrets.

House on Middle Meadow Walk

Town garden