Monday night, back home and feet up for a while.
Sunday afternoon met my neighbour out with his new pup, which was keen to have a bit of a play in the snow at the front of the house.
Today, planned to have a day off but with the start of the new Menu at The Mercat Bar RGB persuaded me to go in for the lunch period. It gave me the opportunity to pop along to Jessops and try and get 
Mrs. B.'s camera sorted, two weeks old, never been used and it went on the blink first time out.
Mrs. B.'s camera sorted, two weeks old, never been used and it went on the blink first time out.
Opposite Jessop's in Shandwick Place is an ornate entrance with the words Albert Gallery faintly visible on the stonework, and I presume it is a portrait of Prince Albert. After a bit of digging I can only suggest that it was once the studio used by Henry Raeburn Dobson @ Raeburn Dobson - 1901 - 1985, who specialised in landscapes and portraits. He certainly moved about, including living in Belgium. He also lived at Mavisbush Lodge, Polton , Lasswade which was later known as Priorwood Lodge.
Poppd back in to see "smelly" Gillian at Fraser's who was in good form, apart from being unable to buy herself some leeks yesterday at Tesco's - after global warming, the big freeze, now we have food shortages - folks struggling to make a decent pot of soup !!! Where will it all end ?
New "specials" now on the menu appear to a success, we were busy at lunchtime, and even a nice group in for a birthday lunch ( girl in the pink coat).
Anyway, home on the bus, bit of peace and quiet.
Will get some quiet this week as Sparky Mark is off on his travels again , away to Spain on Thursday on another walking trip - good one Sparky.
1 comment:
Dear Mr Blakie, nononono, Henry Raeburn was a terrible landscape painter. He was mainly a portrait painter and made some genre and landscape paintings. He never had a workshop in the building you suppose to, but in the Liberal Club. But, - as you are a retired police man - maybe you could help me locate the portrait of the famous police man Chief Constable of the Lothians and Peebles Constabluary William Merrilees, who wrote in 1966 : The Short Arm of the Law, The Memoirs of Chief Constable William Merrilees, OBE, John Long Ltd., London, 1966. I read the book. Quite funny, but not the sort of man I would want to meet. I am more interested in the two portarits Raeburn painted of this man. Maybe you could locate his descendants ? He must have passed away now, but maybe the portraits still exist. My email is : aboutrestoration@live.co.uk. Thanks, Eric.
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