Adullamite

This is Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, the woman in charge of the money.  She is standing there surrounded by the 'Three word slogan,...

Weather normal today, rain most of the morning, no sun, and occasional dry spots, dank and dreich but warm, a normal Summer in Edinburgh ...

Yesterday, in a fit of early morning zeal, I got the bike out and cycled around for half an hour.  This was yet another attempt to lose w...

Trieris, a replica of an Athenian ship. Computers are wonderful machines, this wee laptop I use these days can be quite slow but i...

Here is a picture of a pretty girl by a window. (1862) She is reading a book while waiting for the carpet fitter to arrive!

In times past I liked to take portrait pictures.  I must have taken hundreds of pictures of people and have at least one really good ...

Gladstone Disraeli Salisbury I believe all by Millais and displayed in the Portrait Gallery London. .

. I snapped this bright blue sky this afternoon as I suspect this may be the last hot day of the year.  The y say the temperature will d...

. I like portraits.  This self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds is particularly good I thought. Instead of the usual sidelong glance and...

Sir John Everett Millais (1829 - 1896) I love portraits. Once upon a time when I had friends I used to attempt to become another Karsh or ...

This painting is called 'The Beaver Hat ' and is by the Scots painter Edward Arthur Walton. I post it simply because I like it. In ...