{"id":1841,"date":"2006-02-08T21:48:01","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T20:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/mt-entry-1841.html"},"modified":"2014-01-19T21:02:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:02:46","slug":"walking-home-at-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/2006\/02\/08\/walking-home-at-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Home At Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The days are getting longer again.  I walk to the bus in the growing light every morning &#8211; saw Venus today in the eggshell blue sky, just before the red sunrise drowned it out with brightness.  And on my walk home, I get to see the tops of Edinburgh&#8217;s golden sandstone buildings still drenched in sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>While I was crossing Princes Street, it began to rain lightly.  I didn&#8217;t get that wet, or that cold, but it was enough to bring a rainbow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/97280145\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/34\/97280145_cb5d0147e6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Dsc00577\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 8 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Balmoral clock tower in the light, with the Scott Monument in shadow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/97280536\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/22\/97280536_3c43418ecc.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"DSC00578\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 8 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Up the hill a shadowy David Hume glowered near St Giles Cathedral<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/97280247\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/35\/97280247_188593945d.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Dsc00579\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 8 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The pattern of the stones of the museum on Chamber Street satisfies me every time I pass it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/97280419\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/31\/97280419_c003d223ab.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"DSC00581\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 8 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The anarchists have also been out in force.  I rather like this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/97280364\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/29\/97280364_d7f3339ec9.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Dsc00582\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 8 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, last of all, a public service announcement.  If you&#8217;ve lost your heart recently, it&#8217;s waiting for you on the wall across from the Potterow Port, right near the museum back door.  It misses you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/evilrooster\/97280204\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/25\/97280204_a0c467eed8.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Dsc00583\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Taken 8 February 2006<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The days are getting longer again. I walk to the bus in the growing light every morning &#8211; saw Venus today in the eggshell blue sky, just before the red sunrise drowned it out with brightness. And on my walk home, I get to see the tops of Edinburgh&#8217;s golden sandstone buildings still drenched in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/2006\/02\/08\/walking-home-at-sunset\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Walking Home At Sunset<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,134],"tags":[1642,1695,1694,1692,1693],"class_list":["post-1841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edinburgh_a_love_letter","category-photography","tag-grafitti","tag-scott-monument","tag-sky","tag-stone","tag-sunset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/abi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}