Monthly Archives: December 2014
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REBLOG: Welcoming an Exciting 2015 and Saying Thank You to a Lovely 2014
4Wednesday 31 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Adrenaline Romance:
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New Year’s Eve… then it’s 2015
32Wednesday 31 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So today sees the last remnants of the year 2014. Hmm, that flew by mighty quickly I have to say! …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Pomegranate
11Wednesday 31 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
. All our pomegranates have finished, sadly, but looking forward to a good crop next season – one of the joys of …
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Ah why not…. here’s my 2014 report
24Tuesday 30 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Seen a bunch of these ‘reports’ today, and I think they’re kinda cool. I know some will heartily disagree with …
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Stormy Days of Winter
11Tuesday 30 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Beautiful clear skies or fierce storms. That’s about as good a summary as you could make of our winter weather. …
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Spare Ribs?
22Tuesday 30 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
No I don’t eat pork of course… but, having been so blasé about being in great health in my end of …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth (IV)
8Monday 29 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the natural warmth of a summer’s …
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Macro Monday: “Stinger!”
9Monday 29 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Took this yesterday when clearing our the depot here on our farm in southwest Türkiye. I …
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And That Was My 2014 Was It?
27Sunday 28 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Similar to last year, but different… It’s been a very busy but largely uneventful year (that’s a good thing), but …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth (III)
1Sunday 28 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken almost one year ago, on New Year’s Eve …
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SPIKE WRITES: “It’s me again Aunty Gill”
2Sunday 28 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
Hi Duke the Rooster! Thank you for coming again. Hi People! Yes Duke has arrived again and… -
Freighter Cruising
17Saturday 27 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Ever been on or considered a Freighter Cruise? Not that we have plans to do one just yet, but if …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth (II)
4Saturday 27 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge represents the genuine warmth of shared laughter. Hope you enjoy …
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Views of Hattusa
8Saturday 27 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I’m no historian, and regulars of this blog will no doubt agree with me on that point, but I do enjoy …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth (I)
10Friday 26 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is all to do with the CREATION of warmth; making a fire …
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REBLOG: Boxing Day 2004: remembering the tsunami
Leave a commentFriday 26 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Green Lizard's Blog:
On Boxing Day 2004 I was in the south of France with friends. The first we… -
Flower Friday – Wallflowers
4Friday 26 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Taken a few days ago in the back streets of Bodrum, on the western coast of Turkey. . .
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Weird Trees n Stuff
7Thursday 25 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Need some loofers for your bathroom? . Or how about this piece of sculpted nature? Just looks like a cake …
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My Slade Christmas Memory
4Thursday 25 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
When: Monday 5th December, 1983 Where: Exeter University, England What: Last UK tour by the original Slade Who: Me of …
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Christmas…
7Thursday 25 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s a beautiful and gorgeous winters’ morning here today in southwestern Türkiye. It’s cold (5/41) at night, but warm (20/68) …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow (V)
Leave a commentWednesday 24 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fifth and surprise additional entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken this past weekend in …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Summer Memories
8Wednesday 24 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Goodbye Mister Flubberbelly (part four)
9Tuesday 23 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Over time I tackled the basics, that of scoffing less and scoffing better, then the quick-fire initial regime of the …
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Music from one of our own
9Tuesday 23 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Here’s something special. Tina is one of our followers (a Spikette), and a talented solo artist from southwestern Ontario, Canada, who creates …
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SPIKE WRITES: A Scottish Adventure
1Tuesday 23 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Pictures and Perspectives:
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a ‘Guess What’ competition hosted by… -
Olive Oil Harvesting – How Much?
15Monday 22 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So, we have now covered the end to end process, from olive growing through to oil production. But how much …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow (IV)
9Monday 22 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a beautiful yellow bird that was, along with his mates, …
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Macro Monday: Matching Pair
2Monday 22 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday, as spotted yesterday when out and about. Hope you all like it 🙂 . . …
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Being A Muslim At Christmas
14Sunday 21 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The vast majority of followers to my wee blog are located in the States, Canada and the UK. Irrespective of personal …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow (III)
7Sunday 21 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is one from Great Aunt Spike’s travels – this time in Verona, …
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Mad Woman at Harlech Castle
26Sunday 21 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is my annual ‘special’, in which I retell stories about my late wife, published each year on her birthday …
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Goodbye Mister Flubberbelly (part three)
3Saturday 20 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So, in addition to opting to reduce my calorie intake voluntarily, rather than have a plank of wood nailed firmly across …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow (II)
11Saturday 20 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a very yellow Citroen that seemed to have travelled more miles than I …
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Olive Oil Harvesting – One Year
15Saturday 20 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In the preceding four part series, we looked at, preparing for, harvesting and processing olives to make our olive oil. But what was the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow (I)
18Friday 19 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a series of three photographs of the motorcycle genre 🙂 Sadly, …
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Blogging Aids Focus
8Friday 19 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It is all far too easy just to accept and passively ignore our surroundings. There is beauty all around, whether …
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Flower Friday – Lovely Lilac
2Friday 19 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Here’s one I took a few years ago, right here in rural Türkiye. Love how nature provides such beauty all over …
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Citrus fruit update
10Thursday 18 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Most of the fruit is now being harvested, dodging in-between storms. Clementines are our primary crop, and sweet and juicy …
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Bond – My Classical Gals
13Thursday 18 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is BOND, a four piece band of highly talented and not too shabby looking gals. THE ORIGINAL ELECTRIC STRING QUARTET …
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Goodbye Mister Flubberbelly (part two)
21Wednesday 17 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In order to reduce any amount of flubberness, one has to do two things, or so I was told. One is …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Seagull
5Wednesday 17 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Olive Oil Harvesting – Factory Time
20Tuesday 16 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In part one of this post, we looked at the harvest season and preparing to pick. In part two there …
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My autumn colours #3
11Tuesday 16 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is the third in the series looking at our late autumn colours around the farm. We get the usual windswept …
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Can you do the Twist?
12Monday 15 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Twinkle (IV)
8Monday 15 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken from a ferry boat …
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Macro Monday: “Can I come in please?”
8Monday 15 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Having nets on every single door and windows does have a purpose and an obvious advantage …
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Roadtrip: İzmir-Manisa-Akhisar
4Sunday 14 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
During the ‘bayram’ or holiday/festival that marks the end of Ramadan this year (so that would be early August this …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Twinkle (III)
4Sunday 14 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is an image of the Mediterranean Sea, taken just south …
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Olive Oil Harvesting – Off to the factory
22Sunday 14 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In part one of this post, we looked at the harvest season and preparing to pick. In part two there …
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Goodbye Mister Flubberbelly (part one)
18Saturday 13 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I decided, albeit just to myself at first, to get fit this year, or at least try to stem the …
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