Monthly Archives: September 2015
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Stavros the dog!
6Wednesday 30 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Even though I was brought up with dogs, and decades later still have a farm pooch, I’m not one to …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Minehead beach, England
Leave a commentWednesday 30 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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It was from Easter Island…
7Tuesday 29 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
So where was that rock from? Well, it was a long way from most places…. on Easter Island, the UNESCO …
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Where is this?
4Tuesday 29 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Not had a ‘Guess What‘ for ages, so here goes… what’s your thoughts? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change (IV)
1Monday 28 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge depicts the change as travellers disembark …
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Macro Monday: Tiny Beauty
4Monday 28 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Sometimes it’s the tinniest flowers that are the most beautiful. I bought a cheap tripod a few months ago, but …
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Sunset over Iznik, Türkiye
Leave a commentSunday 27 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change (III)
2Sunday 27 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a fallen tree; depicting the changes after a storm. Hope …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change (II)
8Saturday 26 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows the change of a truck’s odometer as it passes …
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Between floors…
1Saturday 26 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In between the floors of the farmhouse are these huge air bricks. Encased within steel cages and covered in concrete, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change (I)
4Friday 25 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows ‘change’ in actual progress! Hope you enjoy this entry. …
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Free – All Right Now
Leave a commentFriday 25 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
1969 Yes time for a flashback to a remarkable decade, for a variety of reasons, not least being music like …
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Flower Friday ~ Natural Yellow
Leave a commentFriday 25 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Winter’s not far away
8Thursday 24 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After seeing not a spec of a cloud in the skies above for a few months, the arrival of clouds …
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Mt. Kenya
4Thursday 24 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
January Late afternoon, around 5:30 The foothills of Mt Kenya Glow from the afternoon African sun Like a magic carpet, …
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Lilac, Purple, & Pink
9Wednesday 23 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
We all travel through life, experiencing good and bad, meeting new friends, and losing track of others. Many of use …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Piazza dei Miracoli
3Wednesday 23 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Wildfire Smoke – Jasper, Alberta
7Tuesday 22 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is a double/spliced image taken very recently in Jasper, Alberta, Canada by a good friend of mine. With his …
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Another visitor
1Tuesday 22 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
For the past few weeks, kiddo has been investigating under and around the front entrance balcony for some …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid (IV)
Leave a commentMonday 21 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the wooden latticework or grid of a …
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Macro Monday: Locust
7Monday 21 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Locusts are regular visitors to our farm; not on any biblical scale, but just enough for the chickens to chase, …
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And there went summer…
15Sunday 20 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Basically, our weather here has two elements, sun or storms. After five straight months of sun, we have finally moved …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid (III)
7Sunday 20 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the steel grid we made in-between floors when constructing the farmhouse. …
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Logs of the future?
7Saturday 19 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Down in the lower olive grove, we have a rather tall lonesome pine that is growing at a weird, almost …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid (II)
Leave a commentSaturday 19 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is me taking a look at some of our chooks through the …
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Valley walking in Cappadocia
3Saturday 19 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid (I)
6Friday 18 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the tiny Greek island of Telendos, as taken from Kalymnos. As for …
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An Englishman at heart?
3Friday 18 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This tune I love takes me back to two memorable periods in my life…. Way back when, together with some friends …
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Flower Friday ~ Balcony flowers!
1Friday 18 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Now THAT’S what I call balcony flowers! Perfect shade, courtesy of Mother Nature; with the help of some rather keep …
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The church at dawn
Leave a commentThursday 17 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This small orthodox church sat atop a hilltop on a Greek island in the Dodecanese was dark and mysterious as …
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Heading down to the city
2Thursday 17 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Love this shot… taken from the hills as you descend 1000 metres (3250 ft) in under 9km (5.6mi) down towards the …
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‘Hangry’ Piggy
4Wednesday 16 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Not added anything completely stoopid for a while, so about time I changed that, don’t ya think? I saw this …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Partially Shaded
1Wednesday 16 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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View from Leros island
4Tuesday 15 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Last of the summer crops
10Tuesday 15 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
As summer proper recedes and we move into early autumn, the thermometer drops to below 100F (40C) for the first …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic (IV)
6Monday 14 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a SAND CRAB – yeah, look closely! …
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Macro Monday: Watermelon flower
3Monday 14 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the pumpkin flower, here is its neighbour, a tiny, simple and elegant flower from a watermelon plant. …
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Winter road trip: Bolu Mountains
12Sunday 13 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Just love writing this post today…. it’s mid-September and therefore the back end of summer. It’s pushing 38C still (100F) …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic (III)
1Sunday 13 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was not taken in England or Germany or France, but …
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Serene Sunday
1Sunday 13 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Winter road trip: Istanbul to Ankara
2Saturday 12 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The drive from Istanbul (our largest city) back to Ankara (the second largest, and our capital) takes some four to …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic (II)
9Saturday 12 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was a sunset taken from our balcony one evening, depicting …
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Recovery over time…
2Saturday 12 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This bush was one of those pretty much decimated by last winter’s unexpected freeze. Whilst we don’t have ‘real winters’ like many …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic (I)
7Friday 11 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a shot from only very recently. Taken with an LG-G2 camera-phone, …
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Out of respect. 911
1Friday 11 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Normally I post about musical memories on a Friday. Not today.
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Flower Friday ~ Aubergine
Leave a commentFriday 11 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Sorry, but Eggplant really isn’t a pretty name. So these are Aubergine flowers. Much nicer, eh? . .
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Olives Trees ‘Off Season’
8Thursday 10 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Olive trees tend to produce a crop every two years, more or less. Some trees are a bit weird, producing …
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Camel Trekkin’
18Thursday 10 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Camel trekking is a blast…. Never done it? Well, you’ve just found something that should be added to your ‘to …
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Love this guy
5Wednesday 09 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Florence
4Wednesday 09 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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