Peacocks for #mosaicmonday, here with vine tendrils & a basket of grapes. Well-observed, good quality work with, in the lower border, a striking decorative tromp-l'oeil ribbon set against a dark background & picking up colouring from the birds' plumage. Antioch 2-4c CE

He died in West Lothian's worst mining disaster, when a methane gas explosion in an oil shale mine at West Calder killed 15 men #31DaysofGraves Day 36 Accident (Livingston Parish Church)

A male Shoveler on the lake in Clumber Park NT #mallardmonday

The Airforce Memorial Monument in Chania, commemorating the members of the Greek Airforce who died fighting in the Battle of Crete in 1941, and inspired by the myth of the Fall of Icarus (Giannis Markantonakis, 2010) #memorialmonday #allmetalmonday #mythologymonday

Yew Trees are a traditional and iconic feature of graveyards, both because of their association with the Underworld and as symbols of eternal life: here the avenue of yews in the churchyard of St Andrew's, Chesterton in Cambridge #31DaysofGraves Day 25 Tree

Great Black-backed Gulls at Port Seton last Wednesday #SuperSeabirdSunday

The east window of St Bartholemew's in Arkendale near Knaresborough: 1888 by William Pape of Leeds #stainedglasssunday

The Royal Arms of Queen Anne, last of the Stuart monarchs in St Giles, Wrexham #stuartsaturday

The Royal Arms of Queen Anne, last of the Stuart monarchs, in St Giles', Wrexham #stuartsaturday

St Peter's, Tickencote in Rutland is best known for its remarkable Norman chancel arch: in 1792 under the patronage of Miss Eliza Wingfield it was given a neo-Romanesque make-over by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell, great-great nephew of the diarist. #steeplesaturday

On a very wet morning, what better place to be than Falko, #Haddington's own Konditorei #FalkoKonditormeister

The early 19c Fleece Inn in Alnwick Northumberland #pubfrontfriday

A fine set of wings to transport the soul to the Afterlife: North Leith Burial Ground #31DaysofGraves Day 23 Wings

A Little Egret at Port Seton in #EastLothian #Flyday

Figures of mourning flanking the memorial stone to Andrew Skene (d.1835), an Edinburgh advocate, in the New Calton Cemetery: the central panel depicts "Misfortune soothed by Wisdom" #31DaysofGraves Day 22 Mourning

The Bondgate Tower (or Hotspur Tower/Gateway) in Alnwick, part of the fortifications built mid-15c by Hotspur's son 2nd Earl of Northumberland, under licence from Henry V #thursgate

The Old Post Office in Clayport Street in Alnwick, with its "Tuscan" porch (early 19c) #adoorablethursday

A fairly dreich morning, to begin with, at Musselburgh: it brightened up later. Curlew; some rather distant ducks: 3 Shovelers, and a Gadwall trying to get out of the picture; Red-breasted Merganser; and a Cormorant swallowing its catch. #birdwatching

The Marsh Sandpiper which visited Musselburgh in Autumn last year #waderwednesday

One if the corbels in the Great Hall (1341) at Penshurst Place of figures representing estate workers #woodensday

Howick Hall in Northumberland (1782) #windowsonwednesday