sunday wanderings and its International Women's Day today

International Women's Day today

a couple of Sundays ago it was vaguely sunny, and i wandered about with my camera.
here are a few bits and bobs.

i always look up at this tower on top of the library roof. i once saw two people actually walking about on that tiny balcony up there. this image probaly doesnt give the true height of the building because i am on a terrace opposite which is at least two stories higher than the street the library sits on.

i wandered down George IV Bridge to the Meadows.  a couple of guys playing guitar and singing, a few others sitting on the bench with a cello (case) - perhaps. people generally milling about - sun coming out makes a difference.

then i walked through to George Square, hoping they had opened the garden and took a pic of all the bikes parked round the fence.
the garden wasnt open.

the area is all university buildings - old, medium and new. 
one day last August a pal and i were walking past this building here and she stopped and said that it was her old school.  we went to look in through the door, and someone let us in to the main hall to see. 
its a university building now. it was George Watsons Ladies college.
another day, more recently, another pal and i were walking and she stopped and said exactly the same thing. i was quite surprised. we worked out that these two pals couldnt have known each other because of the age gap.  but still.  the things you find out about people you have known for years...

eventually got around to Chambers St and it was dusk, or twilight (whats the difference i wonder).


have always liked the Scottish Museum, think its quite sculptural. some people hate it.

so anyway - looking up.

looking up again - there is a restuarant up at the top with brilliant views.