Monthly Archives: March 2014
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life (IV)
11Monday 31 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken just down the road …
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Macro Monday: “Pure White”
11Monday 31 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. This first shot is the flower of a cultivated plum tree. . . And this …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life (III)
10Sunday 30 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is street life, Venetian style. Hope you enjoy this entry. …
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Sunset In The Sahara
28Sunday 30 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Having travelled across some interesting terrain in various countries on different continents, nothing quite prepares one for the sheer beauty …
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REBLOG: Turkey’s Insane False Flag Plot to Start a War with Syria
8Sunday 30 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Can’t believe how the mainstream international media has (again) conveniently ignored this! I worry for my country. Turkey’s Insane …
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Spike -vs- Woodpile
9Sunday 30 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Every farm has a woodpile, and this one is no exception. After pruning, lopping, chopping and trimming, our trees have …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life (II)
27Saturday 29 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from Leros, one of the Dodecanese Islands of our …
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Galactic Empire or Modern Turkey?
Leave a commentSaturday 29 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
No comment from me… but suffice it to say, if you take some time out to watch this brilliant excerpt …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life (I)
28Friday 28 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is one I took on the border of Tanzania and …
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Friday Giggle With Grandma
13Friday 28 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Feeling a bit down? Need a lift? Watch this video till the end and then tell me you aren’t smiling …
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Flower Friday
8Friday 28 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Bougainvillea in springtime
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YouTube Now Banned
42Thursday 27 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Twitter is still banned YouTube now banned from this afternoon I’m still here BITE ME 🙂
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Squatters In The Chook-house
20Thursday 27 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We have a small chook-house on the farm, or a hen-house, or a chicken-hut… call it what you will. Current …
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Storms n Clouds
3Thursday 27 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Springtime storms still come and go They bring with them some stunning cloud formations But blue skies are never far …
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Subtle Colours of Spring
1Wednesday 26 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Our pomegranate trees are now showing off their fancy new leaves, and gorgeous they are too, such interesting colours… . …
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Wordless Wednesday – Pisa
9Wednesday 26 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Wildlife’s Out; It Must Be Spring
5Tuesday 25 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Spring means sun, long days of blue skies, interspersed with the odd storm now until early May (rarely see a …
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If My Blog Disappears….
57Tuesday 25 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Apart from a few personal viewpoints in my Spike’s Viewpoint category, I have purposely steered away from politics and religion …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections (IV)
11Monday 24 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is sorry, yet another from here …
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Macro Monday: “New Vines”
4Monday 24 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. The first leaves of the new season on our grape vines. Which shot do you …
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Did Ya Nose It?
2Sunday 23 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Your challenge was to guess the owner two rather strange holes… . Well, how close did you get this week? …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections (III)
27Sunday 23 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is, surprise surprise, also from here in Turkey. Hope …
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Kerkennah – A Tunisian Island (Part Three)
8Sunday 23 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Fishing was the main livelihood of the islanders, and taking a camel for a day, or a pony & trap …
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Spikey’s Log: Star Date 100,000 !!
39Saturday 22 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Let me introduce you to Captain Spikey… Captain Spikey is the new insignia especially created for the followers of my …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections (II)
14Saturday 22 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is also from here in southern Turkey. Hope you …
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Rock ‘ard…
5Saturday 22 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Time to dig over one of the veg areas – soon it’ll be time to plant out the pepper plants …
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Two Holes…?
71Saturday 22 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Here you go, what d’ya reckon this is? . Here a few more clues… Not man made Holes are very …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections (I)
32Friday 21 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is one of my personal favourites from here in …
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Say What?
16Friday 21 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Kids expressions are so genuine to photograph. There is no pretence, no fake smiles, no acting; just what you see …
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Flower Friday
20Friday 21 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Any idea what this pretty little flower is from? Recognise these? Who would’ve guessed, eh? .
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Who’s Yella Right Now?
12Thursday 20 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Answer: we are. Yella, or yellow that is. It’s almost the beginning of April, and that means one thing, it’s …
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Earl Grey Anyone?
7Thursday 20 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Hopefully these flowers on our young Bergamot tree will produce fruit this year! Can’t beat a bit of dried Bergamot …
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Trench Digging – Oh The Joy!
11Wednesday 19 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Oh isn’t hindsight a rather splendid concept? Trouble is, I have plenty of hindsight and not enough foresight… oh well, …
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Wordless Wednesday – Drifters
7Wednesday 19 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Boobies On My Wall. Touché Mom.
16Tuesday 18 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Granny Spike, a.k.a. mom has always been a handy person. Over her 80 years, she has taken on full bathroom …
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First Of The Stone Fruits
5Tuesday 18 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s mid March, and the new season is cracking on at a pace now… This morning I had a wander …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside (IV)
6Monday 17 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from our construction days. Taken from …
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Macro Monday: “Periwinkle”
5Monday 17 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. A simple flower bud from the humble Periwinkle plant. . Such a simple plant, but …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside (III)
7Sunday 16 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a view from inside a forest lookout I …
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Kerkennah – A Tunisian Island (Part Two)
6Sunday 16 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s a windy old place at times, and pretty damned roasting during the summer months – North Africa being where …
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Enjoy A Peaceful Sunday
2Sunday 16 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
A beautiful sunny morning; I was outside before breakfast with the camera, whilst mad Bonzo did his daily inspection of …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside (II)
26Saturday 15 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is just a load of hot air…. going inside …
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Slap It On
14Saturday 15 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Decent workmanship is hard to come by, we all know that; whether by first hand experience at cash wasted on …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside (I)
41Friday 14 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is of our very own Cousin Spike Jnr when …
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Before Summer, And After…
12Friday 14 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We don’t have the deep snow in winter that some of you guys see – in fact we’ve never seen …
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Almost Flower Friday
8Friday 14 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I say ‘almost’, as sometimes even shrubs which are about to flower can be pleasant on the eye. I know …
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…And Did You Know It After All That?
8Thursday 13 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So, nobody had Lady Luck smiling down on this week. But some were getting closer to guessing the mystery image… . …
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New Season = New Life
10Thursday 13 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The new season is heralded by so many ‘new’ things around the farm. Everywhere you look the trees are either …
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Easy If You Know It, Eh?
42Wednesday 12 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We’ve had a few variations on our guess the image series over the months. Some have been easy, and some …
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Wild Pear Tree
9Wednesday 12 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
One of our biggest trees on the farm is actually a wild pear tree. In some ways it could be …
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