Today we walked up the river in the other direction, admiring the oxeye daisies


and the ragged robin


and the buttercups, on the river bank.


We then reached the recently restored Saughton Park. It was pretty before, but a bit neglected in parts, but it's had a Lottery-funded makeover and is now stunning. They must have got a good deal on alliums!


 I just love herbaceous borders.


Vistas lead the eye away


and beautiful colours demand close attention.




The restored bandstand with a familiar old chap sitting on a bench to enjoy the view (actually looking at his phone).


The statue is by Kaivalya Torpy and is supposed to embody visions of peace. I'm all for that.


This house once stood in the gardens - built in about 1640 but left to decay in the 1900s and burnt down and demolished in 1952. Yes, quite.



They've excavated the footprint of the house and this is it.


Here's somewhere to sit out of the rain and look at the gardens in more typical Scottish weather.


And then we walked back home past the playing fields, where wild flowers have been planted along the path.

All so lovely and within ten minutes' walk of our house.