Yesterday we went along to the first of the three events that form this year's Edinburgh Canal Festival, celebrating Edinburgh's Union Canal. The festival is organised by the Fountainbridge Canalside Community Trust, which organises events and activities alongside the canal and surrounding areas.
I found the festival a little underwhelming this year, but it's always nice to walk along the canal. For some reason I only took one photo that features the canal itself! The photo below is taken from Harrison Park looking over to Polwarth Parish Church
I love this Black Poplar tree on the edge of Harrison Park. The photo below is looking up into the canopy of the Black Poplar
and this photo shows the fluffy white fruits of the tree, which have fallen into the grass by the side of the canal tow-path
After we had walked along the canal from Harrison Park to the Lochrin Basin, we spent some time sitting in the sunshine listening to excellent local band TrippyTakka, who deserved a much bigger audience than they got yesterday. I posted a couple of photos over on my Shapeshifting Green blog, here.
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I'm delighted to have three haiku in A Picnic Sky, the first anthology of haiku from Haiku Girl Summer, edited by Allyson Whipple. You can buy a hardcopy at IngramSpark. An E-Pub version will be available soon.
3 comments:
There was a concert in Glasgow city center yesterday. I didn't really feel like asking who the artist was at the time, but it was definitely happening over at Glasgow Green. I enjoyed reading about your canal walk, even if the festival itself felt a little underwhelming. Sometimes the quiet moments are the best part, and the Black Poplar photos sound beautiful. I love how you noticed those small details in nature along the way. Congratulations on having your haiku included in the anthology too.
Hi Melody, thanks for reading. I think it's definitely the time of year for open-air concerts! Black Poplar is a beautiful tree.
Lovely photographs and many congratulations on having your Haiku included in the anthology.
It's the weekend as I type this, I wish you a happy one.
All the best Jan
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