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Here’s a bit of the skyline in Queen’s Park. I liked how the spire and the trees were silhouetted against the sky.

December 09 Theme Day – Waiting

As it’s the first of the month, it’s time for another theme day for the city daily photo blogs. This month’s theme is “Waiting”, and I decided to be a bit abstract this time. This photo, taken 2 days ago in Queen’s Park, shows Glasgow in the thick of cold winter. I am waiting for summer, and the trees are waiting for their new leaves. I think we’ll all be waiting a while

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Sun on spire

Yesterday I dragged my poor long-suffering husband out for a bracing walk round Queen’s Park, to make the most of the lack of rain. The sky was a lovely blue and pink, and I loved the light as it fell onto the spire of Queens Park Baptist Church.

Don’t let the sun and blue sky fool you though. It is COLD!

Cathedral and Museum

This is Glasgow Cathedral, with the Museum of Religious Life on the left hand side. The lamps with what look like white crescents are actually showing the Glasgow coat of arms (the white crescents are the fish).

Clock tower

Not far from the old bridge is this clock tower – I’m afraid I don’t know anything about it so can’t say anything learned about it! It reminds me of the Tollbooth Steeple on nearby Trongate – the colour of both the stone and the clock are the same.

Bridge and sun

A final picture for now of the old bridge, which I gather from one of the comments on a previous post is still used to carry freight (though I wasn’t aware of this – you can see how overgrown the bridge has got so I was surprised that anything is still able to move along the tracks!). This picture was taken mid-morning – I just happened to get the right angle at the right time.

Calm reflection

This is the previous bridge, reflected in an unfeasibly calm river Clyde. I don’t think I’d ever seen it so calm.

Ironwork

This old and now defunct bridge is over the River Clyde as it heads towards the east end of the city. I loved the old ironwork, they don’t make them like they used to.

Bananas in Pyjamas

OK, hands up who will have that song in their head all day now? Sorry about that

This banana plant is in the glasshouse in Queen’s Park. You can’t really tell from this, but those leaves were absolutely enormous.

University sky

Another old photo – it’s been 2 weeks since I left the university and started my job in a less aesthetically beautiful part of the city, and it feels like forever ago. So I am posting this as much for nostalgic purposes as anything else. (I’m worried I’ve shown this photo before, but if I did it was ages ago). The sky hasn’t been this colour for a while!