Inverleith Park and Stockbridge

Meeting place: outside the Raeburn

Weather: a fine spring day 

Optional theme: lines 

Refreshments: Two Children - excellent cakes and bacon rolls

Sandra captured this dream-like image of Darwin's Barberry 

Lines of tenements photographed by Ada 

Two ducks in a line, floating in the clouds - photographed by Alex 

Colin photographed this distant clock tower 

Dorothy found a diagonal line of flower pots mounted against the horizontal lines of the fence

Ian found lines in this sun dial 

Maggie found multiple layers of reflections in this composition 

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Meeting place - Inverleith Row entrance (east gate) 

Weather - Sunny intervals 

Optional theme - Shapes

Refreshments - John Hope Gateway - long queues, and no hot food before 11:30! Scones were excellent but very pricey. 

Sandra photographed this emergent peony

Ada found a Monet-like tranquillity in this pond scene

Alex found a triangle in this reed bed 

Arthur found this scene from Alice in Wonderland

Shapes everywhere in Dorothy's view of the east gate

Ian found fractal shapes in a monkey puzzle tree

The shape of Edinburgh Castle is immediately identifiable in Maggie's photo

The magnolias were a highlight. This photo is by Eileen

Mandy found a beautiful stone gateway

Kate found a lovely detail in the garden's East Gate