Monthly Archives: September 2013
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Macro Monday: Warm Colours
Leave a commentMonday 30 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 Natures way of adding a bit of warmth to …
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Memoirs of a Smoker
9Sunday 29 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Some people smoke. I get that, and in fact, I used to be one who was known to partake. And …
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Sunday Serenity
2Sunday 29 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
It’s a lovely sunny autumn Sunday. The skies are blue and not a cloud it sight. The temperature is in …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated
11Saturday 28 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
For the Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated, my entry is from a winter holiday we took a couple of years back near Antalya, some …
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Room With A View
3Saturday 28 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
The Spikes have a weekend away. We are @ Datça, a peninsula on the west coast of Turkey, where the …
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Dear Old Blighty
2Saturday 28 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Simple post today folks…. even had to ‘schedule’ this one as I take a weekend away with the family and …
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Flower Friday
Leave a commentFriday 27 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Lemon flowers!
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Flower Friday
4Friday 27 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Perfect in pink!
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Who Says Romance Is Dead?
10Thursday 26 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
As humans, and I’m talking us ‘men’ in particular, we spend much of our life trying to attract a partner. …
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Baby Spike to Uncle Spike
10Wednesday 25 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Even Uncle Spike was a kid once… Check out my wheels; my first adventure! (…yes, that really is me…) . …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Fjord Sunrise
8Wednesday 25 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
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Quite A Neat Little Number!
Leave a commentTuesday 24 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
No, sorry, you can’t have the cash, but you can have my gratitude!
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Winter Is Coming… To Türkiye
5Tuesday 24 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
We are both avid fans of the epic TV series, Game of Thrones, based on the novels by George R R Martin. …
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Thought For Today
2Tuesday 24 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
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Same Moon, Different Shot
1Monday 23 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
After my recent moon shooting session (evening and morning), I just thought I’d share this one with you, taken the …
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Macro Monday: Having A Blue Day
3Monday 23 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 Taken in Kenya, this gorgeous lizard was a real …
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Love Is A Fickle Thing If You’re 5
9Sunday 22 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Cousin Spike Jnr, a.k.a the Small Person or Romeo Midget has had an epiphany it would seem when it comes …
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Weekly Photo Challenge : From Lines to Patterns
9Sunday 22 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
For my entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge : From Lines to Patterns, I have selected a number of shots from …
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Bilingual kiddo
13Saturday 21 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
We have a short person in our house. He appeared some 5 years ago, but still seems reluctant to leave. …
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Flower Friday
4Friday 20 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Colour that brightens the day!
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Flower Friday
Leave a commentFriday 20 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Prickly but cute all the same!
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From Our Front Door, This Morning!
5Friday 20 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
After the shot last night from our balcony of the moon popping up over the mountains, this is our morning …
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From Our Balcony Last Night!
1Thursday 19 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Just sat on the balcony sharing our evening meal, when all of a sudden, this gorgeous moon pops up over …
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Turkish Mountain Villages
18Thursday 19 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
How many posts do you see about Turkey? And how many feature just Istanbul, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Cappadocia or a trip …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ The Dawning
1Wednesday 18 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
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Captions…?
Leave a commentWednesday 18 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I always wondered what the hell this guy was thinking…? My thought: “Good enough pose for your sir?” Any better …
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Arrgghh – Angry Birds II
3Wednesday 18 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
After counting down the days, small person is about to explode… Why: simple, tomorrow sees the launch of Angry Birds …
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Our Seasons Are Changing
4Tuesday 17 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Summer has gone; long live Autumn! Only a few short days ago, we were still experiencing ‘summer’. Ok, so it …
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Me And My Two Wheeled Taxicab
7Tuesday 17 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Who says taxis should have 4 wheels? Mine didn’t… New Zealand; that beautiful collection of islands of the southern hemisphere, …
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Macro Monday: Teamwork
6Monday 16 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
And here’s my third go at Macro Monday – Hope you all like it 🙂 These tiny little ants made short …
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Inside
Leave a commentSunday 15 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Shot taken from inside the castle on the Greek island of Astypalea
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We Are Merely Borrowers
8Sunday 15 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
“We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers”
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Daily Prompt: Bookworms
15Saturday 14 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
“Pondering“… that’s my word for today’s Daily Prompt: Bookworms
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Son Of The Father..?
Leave a commentSaturday 14 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Is it any surprise that my son is sometimes as mischievous as his old man?
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Reblog: Okay, but where are you really from?
2Saturday 14 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Some people have a problem with trying to pigeon-hole Uncle Spike, a self-confessed square peg, into their convenient round holes approach …
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Weekly Photo Challenge : Unusual POV
2Friday 13 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Shot taken from inside the War Museum on the Greek island of Leros
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Flower Friday
2Friday 13 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
All over the farm we have problems with Passionflower taking over. It’s pretty invasive, but I prefer to cut it …
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Oh, So No Jokes Then…?
2Friday 13 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
“Do not wind up the inspectors!”… That was always the advice given to staff in the retail banking branches where …
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Flower Friday
Leave a commentFriday 13 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Not one flower for this Friday, but a whole bunch.
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Driving the Narrow Streets of Leros
7Thursday 12 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Back in summer 2013 we were darting around the Greek Dodecanese island of Leros in Eugene, our wacky little Kia Picanto rental. …
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Daddy, I Got Woman Troubles
11Thursday 12 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
The little man is having some problems of the female variety.
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911: Remembering The Innocent
4Wednesday 11 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
In memory of all the innocent who fell that day, 12 years ago…
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Respect
Leave a commentWednesday 11 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
All through out WordPress, bloggers post a photo without an explanation, it’s called Wordless Wednesday!
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Exploring Greek Military Areas on Leros
17Tuesday 10 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
We had hired a tiny little Kia Picanto to explore the Greek island of Leros one summer. Yep, this was …
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First Day As A Padawan
13Monday 09 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
The shortest member of our clan started school today.
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Uncle Spike says “Yay!”
Leave a commentMonday 09 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
. T H A N K Y O U ! In just the past 12 days, you guys have …
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Macro Monday: Springtime
6Monday 09 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
My second attempt at posting an entry for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 P.S. Yes, I know …
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Reblog: Why Men Are Seldom Depressed
3Sunday 08 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
This is a reblog from something I saw this morning. On the whole, I am pretty uncomfortable with sexism, but …
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The Coastline and Churches of Leros
8Saturday 07 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Are you familiar with the term… “So What, It’s A Rental”? Admittedly, I actually know it with slightly more colourful language, …
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Reblog: Smile To Start The Day
2Saturday 07 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Posting this borrowed snippet for our Small Sheldon… Anything with the words ‘Empire’ is compulsive viewing in his world, and immediately …
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