Yet another jigsaw adventure, this time to the Writer’s Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland:
Strange, quirky buildings like this one are like a cattle prod to my imagination. I start wondering who built the building, in that spot to that style. And why. Was the quirkiness deliberate, or an accident dictated by the location?
And then, of course, I start day dreaming about the inside and how the original inhabitants may have lived…
Oddly enough the one thing I’m not curious about is the building’s current purpose. I mean, really…a museum for writers? What would it contain? Cabinets full of quills, pens and ink? Illegible, hand-written first drafts?
-cough-
Anyway, another beautiful building thanks to my jigsaw hobby. Now if only I were rich enough to visit it in the flesh. I could quite see myself as a globe-trotting old lady, maybe with my own Lear jet…
Every girl should have a little black number in the garage. 😉
Meeks
Meeka's Mind 
October 12th, 2018 at 10:38 pm
I visited Edinburgh once, many years ago. In August. And it was so cold I needed a hot bath every night. We visited the castle and ran in place to warm up. No one told me about a writing museum. THAT would have warmed up my bones!
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October 13th, 2018 at 9:22 am
In /August/???? Wow….here in Australia, the last month of summer is usually the hottest with 40+ temps not unusual. I guess if I ever get to go, I’ll have to take my thermal underwear and Ugg boots. 😀
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October 14th, 2018 at 12:09 am
Truly. Gave me a new understanding of the life of those kings and queens in overrated castle living. Despite those thick solid gray walls….brrrrrr.
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October 15th, 2018 at 2:18 pm
You’re not kidding. It must have been like living in an ice-box, although I guess they probably didn’t need any of them to stop things going off!
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October 10th, 2018 at 6:24 am
What a cool building. I would love to live in something like that. The box-homes are economical but do they ever lack imagination. I think I would be a better writer if I lived there. 🙂
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October 10th, 2018 at 7:19 am
It lends itself to dreaming, doesn’t it? 🙂
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October 5th, 2018 at 7:33 am
It looks like the narrow end of a longer block. I could live there 🙂 …sometimes gorgeous old buildings like this one are the remnants of a previous era that got built out.
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October 5th, 2018 at 7:21 pm
Yeah, I think you’re right about the block, and oh how frustrating it is not to be able to walk round the corner and have a look!
I don’t know what the big concrete thing is to the left of the house but it definitely makes that little building look under siege doesn’t it?
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October 3rd, 2018 at 5:38 pm
Oh yes, this building has so much charm and appeal. I imagine myself living here ~ drinks on those very cute balconies, a study lined with books, open fire places (ignore that it would be freezing cold and probably not much light!)
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October 3rd, 2018 at 7:35 pm
-giggles- yes to the open fireplaces but only if there’s some ‘real’ heating in the background as well. So far I can’t fault your imaginings. Perhaps we could timeshare? Once we’re both filthy rich of course. 😉
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October 6th, 2018 at 8:17 am
When I am filthy rich (after my paintings sell for millions) I will buy you one of your very own!
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October 7th, 2018 at 8:33 pm
-grin- Deal!
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October 3rd, 2018 at 1:14 pm
You’d love Edinburgh I’m sure. They have plenty of quirky houses and also a whole area below the street with it’s own street and shops from another age.
Hugs
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October 3rd, 2018 at 7:36 pm
Damn…you’ve really whet my appetite now, David. Sometimes the travel bug really bites hard.
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October 3rd, 2018 at 11:35 am
I love it. I agree. I think we lost a lot when buildings topped having style. This building has style. it is original and different as were so many older buildings. Today everything is simply a box with no ornamentation. We lived in West Palm Beach and you could tell the older homes from the new ones. The old homes had trims and scroll work, decorative trim work and style. New homes were just plain outside, rectangles with windows.
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October 3rd, 2018 at 11:45 am
I know what you mean Scottie! I don’t know if architects have become less imaginative or buildings have simply become more expensive so boxes are easier to build. I miss the beauty of the older style architecture.
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