Monthly Archives: December 2013
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Happy New Year Spikey’s!!
23Tuesday 31 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Recently I reviewed 2013 in a post called And That Was My 2013 Was It? Well, now it’s time for …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy (IV)
7Monday 30 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s fourth (and final) entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is of one of life’s joyous characters. This …
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Macro Monday: “Sticky Subject”
2Monday 30 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Took this while our for a walk in the village. This stick was probably just …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy (III)
7Sunday 29 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s third entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is another one with a human element. The capture shows …
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Sunday Giggle Time
9Sunday 29 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Here’s a quick post for a Sunday morning…. Aunty Spike sent me this link just now to share with The …
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Guest post: “I Got There Anyway” – by Pat Bailey
10Sunday 29 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
The New Year is almost upon us once more, and I was thinking about ‘looking ahead’. To share her thoughts …
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And That Was My 2013 Was It?
17Saturday 28 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
What an interesting old collection of 365 days that was! I’m afraid I can’t reel off a list of ‘achievements’, or …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy (II)
11Saturday 28 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s second entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is another simple one; a capture of joy of a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy
37Friday 27 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is simple joy…. these youngsters were so full of life, and …
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Winter Sky Foto’s (II)
13Friday 27 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
This a follow-on front yesterday’s post on interesting winter skies… Winter is a great time in south-west Turkey in terms of …
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Helping Hand
8Thursday 26 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Spent a while looking back through ‘December fotos’ of yesteryear… and came across this one. It’s of me and Cousin …
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Winter Sky Foto’s (I)
8Thursday 26 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Winter is a great time in south-west Turkey in terms of interesting skies. Summer lasts from May till October, when …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Christmas Snow
5Wednesday 25 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
No Christmas over here, and no snow either for sure. But I’m still gonna post for Wordless Wednesday… anyone else? …
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All Alone Today?
17Wednesday 25 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
It’s Christmas today. Well not here, not for us, but for a third of the planet it is. Now I …
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Jingle Bells, Punjabi Style
15Tuesday 24 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
One third of the planet are gonna celebrate Christmas tomorrow. Ok, so we may be in the two-thirds that don’t…. …
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Reblog : Relax & Enjoy The Holidays
Leave a commentTuesday 24 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
This was posted on Facebook as a status update from a friend I have known since Primary/Elementary School, and she’s …
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Winter Solstice Sun
6Tuesday 24 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Northern Hemisphere, 21st December, Winter Solstice… so the shortest day of the year, and our ‘mid-winter’. We tend to have …
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Guest Bloggers & Uncle Spike
18Monday 23 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
A couple of months ago I was scratching around the area where my bald patch will no doubt appear one …
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Short Sheldon
5Monday 23 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Regular followers will be aware that Cousin Spike Jnr is a bit of a nerd, a geek, a sci-fi nut… He …
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Macro Monday: “Prickly Hedge”
Leave a commentMonday 23 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Took this while our for a walk in the village, maybe 200m (600′) from home. …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: One (IV)
4Sunday 22 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s fourth (and final) entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is from a private reserve in northern Kenya …
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Varanasi – A Sacred Moment
42Sunday 22 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
India. Ever been there? It’s one of the most fascinating spots on the planet, for me at least. Often described …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: One (III)
21Saturday 21 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s third entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is from Tanzania, a lake in the Ngorongoro Crater in fact. …
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When NOT to spray a Volvo!
27Saturday 21 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
This is the Volvo 245DL, one of those boxy 2100cc station wagons produced by the safety loving Swedes from 1974-1993. …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: One (II)
23Friday 20 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s second entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is from closer to home. There isn’t much I can …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: One (I)
16Friday 20 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s first entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is from the one of our trips to Kapadokya, or …
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Deep Inside Pyramids Are Scary Places
38Friday 20 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Ok, hands up who has been into space? No, me neither, but I have done some daft things in my …
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Flower Friday
5Friday 20 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I took this while our for a walk in the village, maybe 200m (600′) from home. It grows in pretty …
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Clan Spike send Holiday Greetings from Türkiye
19Thursday 19 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
It is true, not everywhere in the world celebrates Christmas. For instance, we don’t, nor do the vast majority of …
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Fired At Age 12…
18Thursday 19 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I’m a fairly honest and decent sort of chap really. I don’t steal or cheat, and any lies I’ve told …
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Crowded Turkish Beaches… In Winter
29Wednesday 18 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Yeah right… In the summer, say from June to September, the beaches here on the Turkish Riviera attract all sorts …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Town Centre Beauty
2Wednesday 18 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Just a bit of colour that caught my eye in the centre of a town we passed through recently. .
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Winter Road Trips
19Tuesday 17 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
When it comes to farming in winter here in southern Turkey, there is always plenty to do, from olive harvesting, …
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Sun, Shade, Horns & Beards
8Tuesday 17 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
“LOCAL PICNIC SPOT FAVOURED BY THOSE WITH HORNS & BEARDS” During our summer, when the temperatures hit the mid 40’s …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community (II)
21Monday 16 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s second entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is, sorry, yet another from Zanzibar, off the Tanzanian coast …
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More Village Walks
1Monday 16 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Following a request or three for some images from ‘outside the front gate’, we, that is all three of us, …
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Macro Monday: “Call Me Rosie”
2Monday 16 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂
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Who’s Follower 666 ?
10Sunday 15 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Should I be worried? Should I be concerned? Should I worry for my soul? Uncle Spike has just ‘welcomed’ the …
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Cousin Spike Jnr – His Own Blog!
13Sunday 15 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Cousin Spike Jnr has become a man… well almost, he’s 6 now anyway. After much pestering by our short Padawan, …
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Greek Islands & White Paint
4Sunday 15 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
There are some views from this planet that really don’t warrant any form of introduction or explanatory note. You know, …
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Guest post: “Back In The USSR” – by Evelyne Holingue
19Sunday 15 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
In this post, we hear some great travel yarns from almost 30 years ago, back in the days of the …
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Girls, Guns & Jerusalem
12Saturday 14 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I was in Israel in December 1987, literally having arrived a couple of days after the First Intifada, the uprising …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community (I)
12Saturday 14 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike’s first entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is from our neighbouring Greek Islands… On 15th August each …
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Market Day
16Friday 13 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Market day… It’s the day when our local town, like all Turkish towns, bursts into life. It’s a busy day. Like …
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Flower Friday
10Friday 13 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
It’s Friday, woopie-doo 😀 And for Uncle Spike, that means a few things every week. First, time to tidy up, …
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Reblog: “OUTLAW”, A Beautiful Love Song
8Thursday 12 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
One of the blogs I enjoy following is called Feet From Shore. . Today, Yael and her boyfriend Dan made …
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Reminder Of Warmer Days…
12Thursday 12 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, we are now well into ‘winter’, whilst our friends in the Southern …
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Just Woke Up Bonzo?
24Thursday 12 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Rainy days are frequent happenings during our non-summer (we don’t really have a winter)… but in late November, early December …
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Went Out Boat Spotin’…
9Wednesday 11 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Clan Spike had a small boat once, this was it. Part owned and cheap to run, but to be honest, …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Prickly Stuff
8Wednesday 11 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Living in a hot climate here in south-west Turkey, there are many flowers and plants that simply do not stand a chance …
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