Monthly Archives: June 2014
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Double Bass Boring? Err, nope…
3Monday 30 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts (IV)
7Monday 30 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the pate of a good friend, in …
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Macro Monday: “My Audi”
14Monday 30 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. I have an Audi TT, cool, eh? Hope you all like it ! . . …
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Where are you darling?
14Sunday 29 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
One year ago, the LGBT Pride March in Istanbul was as controversial as ever. Our conservative quasi-religious government struggle immensely …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts (III)
5Sunday 29 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is another from when we were camping under the stars – this …
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Hawaiian Adventures ~ An Oasis
2Sunday 29 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Hardly seems like a week’s gone by since last Sunday’s toe-dipping into the old 1980s archives…. First off was my …
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Sound Advice…
8Sunday 29 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
“If you always try to be known for your grin, not your growl, you are making a good start in …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts (II)
5Saturday 28 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from the Datça Peninsula here in southwest Turkey. I loved the …
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1 Year ~ Looking Forwards
15Saturday 28 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s been a great inaugural year. But just where should I take Uncle Spike’s Adventures next? . What… I …
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The Spikey Ramadan Diet ~ part 2
36Saturday 28 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike’s own Ramadan diet is different, but it works 🙂 As mentioned in the previous post, fasting means to …
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REBLOG: The Gift
1Saturday 28 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts (I)
14Friday 27 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the view from our tent one night when camping in open …
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1 Year ~ The Spikey’s
17Friday 27 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Followers of Uncle Spike’s Adventures !! What a great surprise this was… I gathered that a few ‘new folk’ would …
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Flower Friday
7Friday 27 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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1 Year ~ Guest Bloggers
9Thursday 26 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In this ‘One Year’ celebratory post for Uncle Spike’s Adventures, I take a look back at one of my favourite …
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It’s My Place, NOT Yours!
9Thursday 26 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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1 Year ~ My Personal Favourites
9Wednesday 25 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the Top Posts of the past year, there are of course my own personal favourites. Now, they might or …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Coastal England
4Wednesday 25 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between (IV)
6Tuesday 24 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a wintry scene as tyre tracks have …
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1 Year ~ Review Of Top Posts
29Tuesday 24 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
With over 760 posts, how the chuff can I choose a few ‘Top Posts’ for this anniversary post? Sometimes I …
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New ABs Installed
22Monday 23 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So there we have it… the 30-Day AB Challenge well and truly finished, licked, sorted, done and dusted. Has it …
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1 Year ~ My Blogging Journey
30Monday 23 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So where, how and why did all this start…. I get asked that occasionally and never feel able to provide …
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Macro Monday: Flower Arranging Ants
4Monday 23 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between (III)
5Sunday 22 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is of a row of large fountain jets ‘between’ two rows of …
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Hawaiian Adventures ~ Volcano
4Sunday 22 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Sunday post time…. and that means a few more photographs dusted off and scanned from my days in Hawaii during …
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1 Year ~ This & That
20Sunday 22 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike’s Adventures in Numbers !! In this last year, the biggest surprise I would say has been the popularity …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between (II)
7Saturday 21 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from Hierapolis not far from here in Turkey. Yep, we are …
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The Spikey Ramadan Diet ~ part 1
21Saturday 21 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike has his own Ramadan dietary regime to aid fasting 🙂 First of all, fasting means to go without …
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1 Year ~ Our 1st Birthday !!
35Saturday 21 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike’s Adventures is one year old !! Yes, just about one year ago, I sat down to scribe my …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between (I)
29Friday 20 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from Afrodisias, or Aphrodisias as you may know it here in Turkey. …
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Summer Storm Just Minutes Ago!!
19Friday 20 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We just a load of wet stuff fall from the sky! Quite bizarre it was too. We are well into …
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Flower Friday – Oleander
5Friday 20 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Oleander grows in these mountains like there’s no tomorrow… . We only have pink in our garden, but white and red …
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REBLOG: Supermarket Smartaleck
5Friday 20 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on James' Funnies:
Yesterday I was at my local grocery buying a large bag of Purina Dog Chow for… -
Take Note of Your Diet
6Thursday 19 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Our OWN Flowering Cacti
9Thursday 19 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Yay…. after years of ’nuffink’, we finally have flowers of two types of cactus plant!! First off, these big babies …
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Ramadan Countdown…
24Wednesday 18 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In just another 10 days it will be the holy month of Ramadan, or Ramazan as we know it in …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Wild Onion Flower
Leave a commentWednesday 18 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra (IV)
3Tuesday 17 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is another from East Africa. Hope you enjoy …
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Colour Of The Day: Orange (Mk II)
3Tuesday 17 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The sixth in my mini-series on colours (or even colors). Today’s theme for my look at colours is, sorry, again ORANGE. As a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra (III)
10Monday 16 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is of a grand scenery shot from here in Turkey, and a …
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Wooden Jetty
8Monday 16 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
A few weeks ago we went to Fethiye, and spent a day lazing on the beach. It was pretty darned …
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Macro Monday: “Baby Blue”
4Monday 16 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Just a normal scene around the farm Weeds and grass Yawn . But look closer….. and you’ll find tiny baby …
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Real Football
15Sunday 15 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I’m no footie fan, although I am married to one, so I’m a World Cup widower I guess. Take last …
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Time For a ‘Guess’?
26Sunday 15 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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REBLOG: Happy Father’s Day too!!
5Sunday 15 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Cousin Spike Jnr:
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra (II)
12Saturday 14 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a splash of red that seems out of place 🙂 Hope …
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On Our Driveway…
20Saturday 14 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We made our driveway by simply running a JCB (backhoe) through the untamed orchard when first acquiring the land. The …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra (I)
17Friday 13 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is of a young street kid playing in a shopping basket in a …
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Flower Friday
6Friday 13 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Although these plants die back to near enough nothing over winter, once they get going in spring, they show off …
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Counting Without Brain In Gear
12Friday 13 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Without my optional ‘rest days’, the days are flying (slowly and painfully) by as the “30 Day Ab Challenge” continues. …
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