Monthly Archives: October 2014
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent (I)
4Friday 31 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a view from our jeep as we descended into the incredible Ngorongoro Crater in …
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From Brown Comes Green !
5Friday 31 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The farm has been a dust bowl of brownness for the five months of summer, but following the first decent …
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Flower Friday – Greek Spike
3Friday 31 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Here’s a spikey wee thing I spotted in the grounds of the castle on the Greek island of Kos – …
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REBLOG: Spike ?
5Thursday 30 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
And you wondered what I looked like… hehe There’s always some great B&W photography on this Monochromia blog!
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How to make Turkish Coffee
32Thursday 30 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Hands up, how many of you have been to Turkey? Ok, so not many. All right, how many have had …
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REBLOG: My iTunes Experiment
1Thursday 30 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
And she’s off…. yep, our friend and your fellow Spikey, Charlotte, who’s a talented young soprano studying at the ‘The …
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91 today…. (part two)
8Wednesday 29 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The Republic of Türkiye is 91 today, and this is the second part covering our colourful celebrations held locally here today …
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91 today…. (part one)
6Wednesday 29 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The Republic of Türkiye is 91 today, and across the country there are celebrations led by schools, and huge flags hanging from many buildings. . …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Solar Energy
3Wednesday 29 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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BOB – the Jamaican, not Irish version
4Tuesday 28 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
1974 was the year that West Germany beat the Netherlands 2–1 to win the FIFA World Cup. It also saw the …
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More autumn skies…
10Tuesday 28 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
As I mentioned in a previous post, for months we see no clouds at all, so when autumn arrives, I …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art (IV)
6Monday 27 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a freehand drawing by our son, Cousin …
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Macro Monday: Foreground & Background
3Monday 27 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. In this shot, I tried to capture the essence of this beautiful white flower, and …
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So, just how did I end up here?
27Sunday 26 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Well well, who would’ve thought that young Spike would one day be a naturalised Türk, having emigrated to the pan-Eurasian …
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REBLOG: Crumbling Theaters, Excavations, and Travel Tips – Laodikeia
2Sunday 26 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Travelin' Kait:
We have finally arrived! All over the world people come to hike the famous Cotton Castle… -
Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art (III)
2Sunday 26 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is my view of the alternative cover art I could envisage for …
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REBLOG: The most epic aircraft safety video, ever!
7Sunday 26 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
For all nerds, geeks, and Middle Earthlings everywhere… OR anyone just bored of the usual airline safety videos. Kudos to …
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SPIKE WRITES: What makes a camel happy?
2Saturday 25 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on New Bloggy Cat [NBC]:
Sit back and enjoy this hilarious story written by one of my favourite bloggers ٩(˘◡˘)۶ “A… -
Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art (II)
4Saturday 25 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I’m in a funny mood today, so for this week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge, here is my …
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Autumnal Swimmy Time
7Saturday 25 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week we headed smack-bang into autumn, with deluges of soggy stuff, continuous lightening for hours on end and power …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art (I)
14Friday 24 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is my interpretation of Autumn Sky, an album by one of my favourites, Blackmore’s …
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Mr Numan
3Friday 24 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Today’s offering from “Tunes I Love” is, of course, delving back into the late 70s, my primary point on life’s …
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Flower Friday – Two Roses
7Friday 24 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Two roses Two shapes Two colours Different, but equally enjoyable . .
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Kapadokya – Landscapes 2
6Thursday 23 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Back to Kapadokya, or Cappadocia…. and a few more images that help cast my memory back to the last time we …
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Bird of Paradise
13Thursday 23 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The recent ‘Guess What‘ challenge featured this weird image… . Did you get it, or even close? Well looks like …
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Love the autumn skies…
9Thursday 23 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Living in a rural area, we have basically zero pollution to be concerned with, and so the skies are often …
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Diwali 2014 Starts Today
8Wednesday 22 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I’m a Muslim, born to a Christian mother and an Atheist father… yep, we like to keep things a bit wacky in our …
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Hmm, so what do you think it is?
77Wednesday 22 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Not gone down this road for a while, so here’s a new ‘Guess What’… . . Answers on a postcard …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Kid Transportation
13Wednesday 22 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Cocaine (err… the song, that is)
1Tuesday 21 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Ok, so here’s another iconic Tune That I Love, by the now 69 year old legend, Eric Clapton. This track …
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Now you see me, now you don’t…
2Tuesday 21 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction (IV)
7Monday 20 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken at the harbour on …
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Macro Monday: Red on White
3Monday 20 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. The contrast between the brilliant white of the buildings found on the Cyclades island chain in …
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The Turkey Tag
8Sunday 19 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Like most of us, I spend a little time every day to peruse the offerings of my fellow bloggers. Now, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction (III)
5Sunday 19 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken underground in the tunnels of the war museum …
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Kapadokya – Landscapes 1
24Sunday 19 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Continuing to dig through my bucket of travels around and about, I spotted a few from Turkey that I thought you …
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ABBA: Our Last Video Ever
6Saturday 18 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Today’s offering from “Tunes I Love” is a treat for any ABBA fans/ groupies/ followers/ loonies-like-me…. Below you’ll find a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction (II)
1Saturday 18 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken on a footbridge crossing the Ankara to İzmir …
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Gotcha Mister moon!
9Saturday 18 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
After numerous attempts over the past year or so I had failed miserably to capture any half decent moon-shots (apart from …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction (I)
16Friday 17 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken a few days ago on our farm here …
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Skydiving & Piggies
8Friday 17 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
What do skydiving and piggies got in common??? Well, I spotted something on BookFace this week that Uncle Spike thought worthy of …
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Flower Friday – Ornamental Pond
11Friday 17 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is another photo taken a few years back by Granny Spike, a.k.a. Uncle Spike’s mum 🙂 The pond was dug …
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İZMİR…. Birdlife
12Thursday 16 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I’m a bit of a nature lover, as you might have guessed, having aborted the prescribed lifestyle of the modern …
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“I wanna live forever”
7Thursday 16 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Oh yes, this one takes me back. In this Tune That I Love, we remember those fit young things who …
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Central Anatolia
17Wednesday 15 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
A few years ago we had the good fortune to be able to take a decent road-trip around some of …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Really??
12Wednesday 15 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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İZMİR…. Fishing Industry
Leave a commentTuesday 14 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In my previous post on the city of İzmir, I mentioned that there was a fishing industry… well, yes there …
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A Canadian Rush
10Tuesday 14 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Back in 1968, one of the great rock bands of my generation was formed in Canada. That band goes by …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreamy (IV)
1Monday 13 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is one I took on a cheap film camera back …
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Handful of Autumn Fruit #12
Leave a commentMonday 13 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Late September, early October, and the winter fruit season is marching ever closer, whilst some other summer fruits are still …
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