Monthly Archives: February 2014
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned (I)
22Friday 28 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My first entry for this week’s Photo Challenge is the very house that a guy I know grew up in, …
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Smile, It’s Friday
15Friday 28 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Hey you, yes you! It’s Frrrriiday!! Here’s a vid to brighten your weekend. It’s a mashup from Jesse Reinier Nieuwenhuijzen who brilliantly has added The …
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Flower Friday – Apricot Blossom
5Friday 28 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Spring has arrived The apricot trees are usually the first to blossom . . Love these cute little flowers . …
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Who’s The Guessmeister?
15Thursday 27 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I hope you found this week’s ‘Guess What’ a little ‘easier’… but I guess like everything in life, it’s only …
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1,000 Spikey’s !! — The First & Last
47Thursday 27 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This blog now has over 1,000 followers; a fact I’m slowly getting used to. However, like all bloggers, it takes …
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Negotiation Tactics… Of A 6 Year Old
9Thursday 27 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I’m think of myself as a man of the world. I survived two decades in the world of corporate business. …
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Girlie Guessing…
16Wednesday 26 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Ok, ok…. I know last week’s Guess What was a stinker 🙂 and that nobody came close to a correct …
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Failed Winter Crops
14Wednesday 26 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In our veggie garden, we tend to concentrate on summer crops, such as various peppers, sweetcorn, and aubergines (eggplant). With …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Ice Crystals
7Wednesday 26 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Hands Up For Goat Poo!!
8Tuesday 25 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Mid to late February. Usually that means farming chores in good weather… and this year is no exception. For 10 …
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Images From The Village (Part III)
8Tuesday 25 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is the last of three posts showing images of our village. The first was : Village Images (Part I) The …
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Images From The Village (Part II)
14Monday 24 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is the second of three posts showing images of our village. The first post was this: Village Images (Part I) …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes (IV)
16Monday 24 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and final entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge are of a small monster I found here in …
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Macro Monday: “Broad Bean Flowers”
11Monday 24 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Our broad bean plants are now in flower – time to get out there with …
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Voting For Music, Not Politics
3Sunday 23 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Voting and politics – yeah I do what I have to, but it’s not particularity my thing, you know what …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes (III)
14Sunday 23 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge are all images of a pine tree at sunset, as taken from …
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Ambiverts & Social Media
24Sunday 23 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Social Media falls into two camps; whereby folk communicate with friends, and/or with complete strangers. But I find myself asking …
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Guest post: “Top 10 Beaches” – by Jessica of Turquoise Compass
13Sunday 23 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike loves to travel and as you may have guessed from my posts, beaches are a regular feature… and …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes (II)
15Saturday 22 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is all about the life and times of a …
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Images From The Village (Part I)
14Saturday 22 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
What good are empty promises, eh? Last November I had a Wordless Wednesday post that depicted a town centre that …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes (I)
38Friday 21 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is actrually a set of three images I used just the other …
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Organising One’s Categories
15Friday 21 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Unlike some blogs, I don’t keep to a set type of post – no sh*!… some will say! Ok, I …
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Oranges & Chickens
6Friday 21 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s a sort of changeover season around the farm. The winter crops of Clementines are all finished. It was a …
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Flower Friday
3Friday 21 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
As spring starts to take over, the flowers become more and more prevalent around the farm. Even the humble Periwinkle …
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Anyone Guess It?
23Thursday 20 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
For those still head scratching on the latest in my ‘Guess What’ series, it’s almost time to reveal the answer. …
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Ankara – Out & About (Part II)
10Thursday 20 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
During our recent trip to our Capital, Ankara, I have plenty of time to wander the streets while Aunty Spike …
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Who Can ‘Guess This’?
72Wednesday 19 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Following on from my triumph last week (finally), in which nobody guessed the object (although ‘O’, hubby of Jennifer from Omnia …
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Curry In Ankara – Finally!
12Wednesday 19 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Having travelled around India a fair bit, and having lived and worked in the north of England for 10 years, …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ My Porsche (not)
9Wednesday 19 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
PORSCHE Not mine I hasten to add. With that ground clearance, it wouldn’t manage our unmade village tracks here, lol. Nice to …
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Atatürk’s Mausoleum – Part Two
16Tuesday 18 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
An earlier post, entitled Atatürk’s Mausoleum – Part One, was a summary of a recent visit to ‘Anıtkabir’ in Ankara, the capital …
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Kumquats – Love these Babies
18Tuesday 18 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Kumquats They really are a strange little fruit. They have such a powerful taste for their size. Our solitary tree …
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City Pooches
19Monday 17 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Ankara, early February, and we came across a rather bizarre event – Sunday City Pooches in the park (with their …
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Macro Monday: “Callistemon”
12Monday 17 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. This is an opening bud from a Callistemon, or Bottle Brush shrub. Such a pretty plant …
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Atatürk’s Mausoleum – Part One
15Sunday 16 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
On a hill overlooking much of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, is a place called ‘Anıtkabir’. The literal translation …
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SPIKE WRITES: My Turn As Repeat ‘Guest Blogger’
3Sunday 16 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
As it happens, Uncle Spike has just been a guest blogger on that interesting travel site, Hitch-Hikers Handbook. It’s my …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure (II)
14Saturday 15 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for Weekly Photo Challenge is a shot of somewhere close to where we live. …
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Bad Parking ?!
10Saturday 15 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
What….??? I saw this VW stuck on the side of a shopping centre in Ankara, our capital city 🙂 …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure (I)
15Friday 14 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My entry for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is a an old photograph of Aunty Spike’s late maternal grandfather. The challenge …
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Did You Get It?
18Friday 14 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Yesterday’s ‘guess what’ post was a stinker… or was it? Did you guess anywhere near? This was the original shot …
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Flower Friday
3Friday 14 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Mid winter up on the Anatolian Plateau can be cold…. So to come across a rose / flower bed still …
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Soppy Valentines Spike
10Friday 14 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Yay, February 14th is here, and it’s a special one this year – I get to spend 3-4 hours with …
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Hmm… What’s This Then?
44Thursday 13 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Who’s up for this week’s challenge? ~~~~~~~~ What’s the subject? No colour changes – undoctored image No macro photography. Anyone …
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Well Put Sir
4Thursday 13 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We all have our personal views on ‘sensitive subjects’, but so often the mainstream media sits on the fence with …
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Roofing Spike
14Thursday 13 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Following on from Spike The Welder, we now have Roofing Spike, lol.. 🙂 Once the roofing support had been constructed, …
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Ankara – Out & About
7Wednesday 12 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Ankara, our capital city. It’s pretty much a purpose built, home grown affair; having started out as a small provincial …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Gone Fishin’
16Wednesday 12 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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A Costly Affair
18Tuesday 11 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Just ‘nipped’ across to Ankara. It’s a round trip of some 1500 km, or 940 miles. Years ago I would …
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Mordor – Turkish Style
4Monday 10 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
En route to Ankara from the Aegean coast, we pass by the small town of Sivrihisar, in the province of …
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Macro Monday: “Avacado Flower”
2Monday 10 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it ! . . .
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Roadtrip To Ankara
13Sunday 09 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This was a pretty normal journey across to Ankara. We set out at 4am in the dark, encountered lots of …
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