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By Hole Ousia Posted on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

Nor’ Loch trouts

A collective recollection, as recorded in the Book of Scottish Anecdote.

Categories: Architecture, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: anecdote, Antiquary, Book of Scottish Anecdote, drained, Edinburgh, gardens, Hole Ousia, Nor' loch, Nor' Loch trout, North Loch, Patrick Geddes, Peter Gordon, Princes Street Gardens, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Social maverick, story, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, trout

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 4, 2020June 12, 2022

For my mum and dad

Please click on each image to play each short film on Edinburgh. These films are for my mum and dad. Mrs Picken, an elderly widow, who day after day, year … Continue reading For my mum and dad

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 153 High Street, 1844, 1904, 1908, 44 Scotland Street, A Far Cry from Kensington, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, Abbotsford, ageing, Ageing stone, air-raid shelter, Albyn's Anthology, Alexander McCall Smith, Allan Ramsay, Allan Ramsay's House, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, Baron Grantley, Baudolino, beautiful summer, Bonaly, Bonaly Tower, Bridge of Allan, bring me sunshine, Bute House, By living we learn, Calcutta Cup, Caledonian Antisyzygy, Calton Old Burial Ground, Cammo, Cammo - I want to be part of history, Canongate, Canonmills, canonmills loch, Carubber's Manse, Castlebank Laundry, Charlotte Square, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Christopher Lloyd, Cities in Evolution, Colinton, Constance Gibson, Constance Scott, Constitution Street, Controlled Fury, cradle of the legitimate drama, Craiglockhart, Craigmillar Laundry, Damon 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By Hole Ousia Posted on December 1, 2020November 1, 2021

‘a useless and unhealthy puddle’

Earlier this year I put together an account of the history of East Princes Street Gardens which was primarily based upon the research of Connie Byrom: Recently, John Adam, a … Continue reading ‘a useless and unhealthy puddle’

Categories: Architecture, Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 10 South Andrew Street, 1853, 4 Princes Street, Antiquary, Archibald Scott, Auckland, Blessings as well as beauties, Broughton Park, Burke and Hare, Connie Byrom, Daft Jamie, David Cousin, Dickson and Shade, Dickson brothers, Dutch Flower Roots, East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Epsom, florist, garden, gardener, George Dickson, Haddington, Hole Ousia, Honolulu, Inverleith, James Dickson, John Byrom, Landscape Architecture, MLA distinction, New Zealand, North Loch, Nurseries, Nursery, oak trees, Old Government House, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Peter Gordon, Princes Street, quercus robur, rebel antiquary, Resurrectionists, Robet Knox, Saint Andrews Church, Scotland, Scott Monument, Scottish Chapter Prize, seeds, Seedsman, Shakespeare Square, Social maverick, Southfield, Spade Husbandry, The Antiquary, The Edinburgh New Town Gardens, The Mound, The Rebel Antiquary, Theatre Royal, Thomas Cleghorn, Thomas Shade, tulips, University of Auckland, useless and unhealthy puddle, Walter Scott, Waterloo Place, West Port Murders, William Playfair

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 18, 2020July 19, 2020

Ross Fountain

Daniel Ross , ‘Old Daniel’, was a successful gunmaker in Edinburgh: He also had a shop on St Andrew Street where the doorway stone flourishings, with his monogram, survive to … Continue reading Ross Fountain

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