There have been some stunning sunrises this week, and every day I have tried - and pretty much failed - to capture a glimspe of the incredible colours.  This photo, taken today, is the least bad, although the deep red and magenta hues have been transformed by a phone camera that thinks it knows better into a shimering gold.

Sunrise behind the old Yorkhill hospital, and with new, high rise student accommodation gradually filling the horizon. I can never imagine tiring of this view, and the hope that is reborn with each new day.

Advent as dawning of light.  Advent as something you cannot quite capture.  Advent as hope reborn.

For a bit of completeness, here's yesterday's (blurred and badly out of focus) attempt...