Had a couple of lovely ferry rides on my way to, and from, the SEP2019 streamkeeper workshop in Nanaimo, BC over the weekend.
My, How Photo Backups Have Grown. . .
As a slowly healing injured foot still has me sticking close to home, a bit of office cleaning has turned up some boxes with old computer backups.
In 2002, all of my digital photos could be backed up onto 5 CDs (there were 2 more in addition to the “1 of 3” shown below only for streamkeeper activities).
Heh. My current store of photos takes up over 3.4 TB of space, and I back up to HDs in an external USB3 “toaster” that can hot-swap SATA drives, plus another external 6TB drive.
It’s also about time I swapped a backup with the one in the safety deposit box — you also need offsite backup, eh?
Giant Crane Fly at our Door
The other day it was oodles of baby spiders, today it’s a Giant Crane Fly at our door. Cool!
My thumb for sizing
It’s Baby Spider Season Again
It’s baby spider season outside our front door again. Will have to remember to be careful coming and going until they are safely on their way.
That’s a centimeter ruler for sizing. They’re so tiny!
Edinburgh Street Views
Collection of street photos shot over the course of ten days or so in Edinburgh a few weeks ago. What an amazing city!
Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh
Checking out the Scotch Whisky Experience in Edinburgh.
A few of the women on the tour found the elixirs proffered for tasting to be on the strong side, so I had to do some extra duty 
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The tastings of the day from the major producing regions.
Edinburgh Castle
So several guidebooks say to allow a couple of hours for Edinburgh Castle. Heh. . . we spent a whole day!
Field Marshal Lord Douglas Haig
Timing the 1 O’Clock Gun
St. Margaret’s Chapel, the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, dating to the 12th century
This fellow made a gruesome presentation on weapons and tactics surprisingly, er, enjoyable
Making Friends in Edinburgh
This gorgeous cat greeted us in Edinburgh several times. We began looking forward to seeing it, and were disappointed if we didn’t encounter it heading out to, or coming back from, our explorations.
Rambling Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh
While we were in Edinburgh, we walked trails near Arthur’s Seat several times, and rambled to the top on a fine, sunny day.
Trails began just minutes from our friend’s flat
Yumi pointing at the ‘hood where we stayed
Edinburgh Sunsets
Took a ten-day trip to Edinburgh, and shall catch up with a number of posts, dated approximately to the right dates.
First off, a number of sunsets from the high window in our friend’s apartment where we stayed.
Edinburgh Castle
