Mammatus clouds - at last!

I was beginning to despair of ever seeing mammatus clouds, but this week there they were right over our street.  We've had an epic overnight thunderstorm in Edinburgh (which I slept through), so the conditions were right. 

Christening shawl

Reminds me of the fragile beauty of my children's christening shawls.

Old College dome

Feathery clouds over the University of Edinburgh's Old College.

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The veil

 Poised over my home village on Speyside, on the Easter weekend.

Normal back garden view - includes a bit of the greenhouse, two local industries (a garage and a distillery) and the remains of an early 13th century castle on the hill. 
 

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Cloud and variations

IKEA sky

Outside IKEA, at Straiton, Edinburgh.

Old College cloud

I have a lot of cloud catch-up to do from 2013.  Here's the first, from the University of Edinburgh's Old College in September.