31 Friday Mar 2017
Posted in Information, Revelations
The following photographs show clearance work over several sessions. Most of the clearing involves clipping ivy and removing dirt. It sounds easy but as the ivy has been left to its own devices for many years much of it has become thick and tough plus it has ‘woven’ itself into matting over and around the stones. It can be painstaking work but we say it’s worth it when we reveal stones hidden from view for far too long.
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05 Sunday Mar 2017
Posted in Views and Nature
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The following two photographs show a cross before and after cleaning.
The above cross was found face down. It wasn’t this shade of white! The photograph was taken after some washing and brushing.
26 Sunday Feb 2017
Posted in Views and Nature
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24 Friday Feb 2017
Posted in Nature
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Robin…
Melanic (black) form of a 2-spot ladybird…
Goldcrest. The smallest British bird...
Treecreeper…
24 Friday Feb 2017
Posted in Nature, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago we planted some teensy winter-flowering shrubs near the grave of James McNab, as part of our “botanical” theme. He was an eminent personage at the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh “across the road” and, amongst other achievements, he had designed the former Winter Garden there. We weren’t expecting any action from those plants for a while, but this one just couldn’t wait! In flower already.
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22 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in Information, Views and Nature
Some photos taken around the site on a work party day. Click a photo to view a larger version. This opens in a new window.
Come and join us or just pop along for a chat. Work party days are Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10am, meeting at the main entrance (at the far end of Warriston Gardens from Inverleith Row) by our green shed or at the other end of the brick drive, through the cemetery gates. If you arrive later come look for us – we’re easy to find. If you can’t come along for whatever reason you can support the group via annual membership (life membership is also available). For more details, please send a message to the following email address; friendsofwarristoncemetery@gmail.com. Thanks.
A couple of volunteers have been tending to the area around Sir James Young Simpson. And here are some of the tete-a-tete daffodils they planted, looking lovely in a little sunshine this morning…
More snowdrops!…
Sunnier versions of the view posted a few days ago…
More tete-a-tete daffodils, which we’d planted beside the hedge between the north path and the extension…
Some berries and some viburnum flowers. Separately!..
20 Monday Feb 2017
Posted in Information
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the first two photos show a partly-buried headstone. They in fact show the deep imprint of a stone that, until very recently, had lain face-down in the earth for who knows how long. I have reversed the photos so that the inscription can be read more easily. The third photograph is of the actual stone, now propped against its pedestal.
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20 Monday Feb 2017
Posted in Views and Nature
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09 Thursday Feb 2017
02 Friday Dec 2016
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