Monthly Archives: January 2015
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Scotland – Final Photos
12Saturday 31 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
I think this is my last in the series of images of Scotland. I had another root around the big …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (II)
16Saturday 31 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Not sure if this counts as depth, photographically speaking, but here goes… This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a capture …
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Tiny Church of Telendos
8Saturday 31 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
One of our favourite haunts is the Greek island of Kalymnos, part of the Dodecanese chain in the Aegean Sea, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (I)
46Friday 30 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken at a place called ‘Anıtkabir’, in Ankara, the capital city …
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A Spot of Winter Pruning
5Friday 30 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Winter pruning is yet another long-lasting task to undertake on the farm, but I don’t mind it really, and it’s …
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Flower Friday ~ Mellow Yellow
4Friday 30 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
A trip down memory lane – gardening in England .
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Gardening Odds & Sods
6Thursday 29 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Chores time on the farm is a never ending happening, and especially with the veggies. After removing the growing chicks …
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Iced Lemons?
9Thursday 29 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Icy weather plays havoc with fruit farming, but the worst affected tend to be lemons I have found. Their internal …
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Our mountains
13Wednesday 28 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The West Taurus Mountains stretch for many miles throughout the southwest corner of Türkiye. . . A topographical view shows …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Morning world !!
34Wednesday 28 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
. Out of interest, which version do you prefer? . .
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Last of the Winter Citrus
27Tuesday 27 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Citrus fruit are harvested in one of two seasons, depending on the variety. For example, we have lemon and orange …
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Life in the hills
11Tuesday 27 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Rural life in the Taurus Mountains of southwest Türkiye has its advantages. . . The scenery is generally dramatic and …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself (IV)
18Monday 26 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In terms of expressing oneself, I often think that unspoken facial expressions say far more than any words, and so …
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Macro Monday: ‘Bug Eyes’
13Monday 26 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here is my posting for Macro Monday. Found this little fella hiding behind the bougainvillea that I was cutting back …
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Life of a Serial Vehicle Tester
12Sunday 25 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Hands up who’s ever test driven a car or test ridden a motorbike? I guess most of us have at …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself (III)
3Sunday 25 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My third entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge is such a sad looking young girl who was told to stand there and …
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Back in Scotland
11Sunday 25 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Once more I delve into the photo box in search of more Scottish scenes, and I think I struck lucky. …
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Backstreets of Bodrum
9Saturday 24 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Still in Bodrum, the weekend adventure continued… After a mooch around the boatyard, marina, call it what you will, it …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself (II)
15Saturday 24 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My second entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a rather stern looking chap, who you may have noted seemed quite at ease …
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Winter Storm Wastes Tonnes of Fruit
6Saturday 24 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
As well as the damage that very cold weather can do to the trees and leaves, the fruit obviously suffers, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself (I)
2Friday 23 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In terms of expressing oneself, I often think that unspoken facial expressions say far more than any words, and so …
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Kumquat
22Friday 23 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Mid January: time for one of my favourite fruits, the humble Kumquat. Not a bad crop this year of our …
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Flower Friday – Colour in the Gloom
9Friday 23 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is my flower for this week. It was a dark winter’s day, but this lonesome bloom was determined to …
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SPIKE WRITES: Turkey calling “It’s a bit flippin’ cold ! ……..” Episode 3
2Thursday 22 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
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Ice Damaged Fruit Trees
9Thursday 22 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The problem with a cold snap, is that whilst it looks nice and wintry with snow in the mountains that …
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REBLOG: Expediciòn Acatenango: The Ring of Fire
3Wednesday 21 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on The Adventure Born:
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Bodrum Harbour
12Wednesday 21 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After wandering around the marina a bit, I smiled and waved authoritatively at the uniformed chap peering out from his …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Chimney top !
13Wednesday 21 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Working a Coal Furnace
17Tuesday 20 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Unless the family is at home all day and/or it’s also darned cold outside, the heating is only run at …
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Zanzibarian Seafood Platter Anyone?
11Tuesday 20 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Memories of a night in Zanzibar…. Belated honeymoon The bosses birthday Private meal arranged on the beach Seafood platter arrived …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity (IV)
7Monday 19 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a scene from nature; these guys just …
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Macro Monday: ‘Bud’
3Monday 19 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here is my posting for Macro Monday The bottle brush is now in flower, but their buds are beautiful to …
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Images of Scotland
19Sunday 18 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After the earlier post from Scotland seemed so popular, I got to digging through my box of old prints once …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity (III)
11Sunday 18 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a scene from my birth country, and the serenity of life in the …
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Bodrum: Downtown & Marina
13Sunday 18 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
A while ago I shared a post about a trip to Bodrum, but in winter. Whilst it’s a big time …
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Having a Dirty Old Day ! (part two)
10Saturday 17 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is the second of a very strange couple of posts to share some of the less salubrious aspects of rural life; which on balance …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity (II)
7Saturday 17 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge encapsulates three of my favourite ingredients for a scene of …
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Scenes of Winter
20Saturday 17 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Still winter here…. and whilst ours is just a mix of cold and sun, cold nights and regular storms, I’ll …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity (I)
45Friday 16 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is about as close to serenity as I can imagine. Hope you …
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What Does Success Mean?
14Friday 16 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
. Below you’ll find a story retold many times. I’m sure many of you will know of it; but if …
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Flower Friday – Pot plant?
7Friday 16 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Taken in mid December in a park in Turgutries, on the western coast of Turkey. . .
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Beach time solitude
5Thursday 15 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
It was late afternoon On a day last autumn The beach was quiet, and so was I Gentle lapping water, the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed (V)
11Thursday 15 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s surprise fifth, and I promise my final entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge, is a shadowed doorway from …
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Having a Dirty Old Day ! (part one)
19Wednesday 14 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Having introduced you to our dear friend,”Terrance the Termodinamik“, our lovely big coal furnace, I also mentioned my monthly ‘dirty …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Quiet neighbourhood
22Wednesday 14 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Them Chooks Named ‘Soup’
14Tuesday 13 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
As you may recall, all our spare roosters in the pen had the name ‘Soup’. Someone even asked me why …
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Morning Moon
10Tuesday 13 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Not quite as clear or in focus as I would have liked, but the image was superb to the eye …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed (IV)
6Monday 12 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge are a couple of shadowed street shots from Florence, …
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Macro Monday: ‘Hardy old nature’
3Monday 12 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here is my posting for Macro Monday I took these shots on what you might call ‘wasteland’ the other day. …
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Visiting Scotland
34Sunday 11 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
With the rib injury, I’ve recently had a chance to dig through my old box of photographic prints, and even …
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