Hume Castle. Not really a castle – really just a “folly” but a good marker on the horizon in the area east of Kelso. The landscape here can be slightly featureless but is very atmospheric.

Near Haddington – walking to East Linton.

This flag in the sky is not remarkable but caught my attention since it was formed above Athelstaneford – claimed home of the Saltire.

Edinburgh, January 3rd 2018. Not all that early – around 8am.

This is NOT a “picture of the day” project. Nor is it a “resolution”. I did plan, however, to try and upload photos I take to act as some kind of journal – principally for myself.

After spending most of the day in the office at Cockenzie and walking Badger dog in semi-dark amidst a deluge – I had resigned myself to no image for today.

Then I realised… I spend vast amounts of time at a desk and/or a PC and it should be recorded, too.

So here – my environment for today!

And the view from Longniddry Bents earlier in the day.

The first day of 2018. It was a chilly, dark, wet day on the River Tyne and I loved it!

Best wishes to all of us in 2018.