Monthly Archives: November 2015
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition (IV)
14Monday 30 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My fourth Weekly Photo Challenge entry this week tells the story, or transition, of a good old yarn or moment of …
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Macro Monday: Giraffe’s eyelashes
10Monday 30 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
How about this as my entry for Macro Monday this week. It’s a rather interesting close-up shot of the eyelashes …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition (III)
4Sunday 29 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is probably a well-used theme for this week, sunrise. In these four …
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Sparkling seas
6Sunday 29 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
It’s a beautiful Sunday morn. The rains have passed. Left behind are sparkling seas. . .
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition (II)
5Saturday 28 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows the unwrapping of a brand new Aston Martin ‘Vanquish’, which is …
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Mountain skies
5Saturday 28 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
It’s pretty stormy on/off right now, with the usual mix of very heavy rain, whopping great thunder claps and a dazzling lightning show. …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition (I)
24Friday 27 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
FOUR IMAGES – My first entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the creation of our reading room at the top of the …
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REBLOG: Finding the ‘Thanks’ in Thanksgiving
4Friday 27 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Travelin' Kait:
This past year I have learned so much more about gratitude than I ever thought was… -
Flower Friday ~ Yellow Trumpets (Burgmasia)
5Friday 27 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Dream on…
12Thursday 26 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Well I might as well, coz never gona seat my butt in one of these babies. There are more important …
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Thanksgiving 2015
7Thursday 26 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here’s wishing my family, friends, followers and readers in the US, a peaceful and blessed Thanksgiving. . .
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Life-jackets for sale
4Wednesday 25 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Trousers Shoes Life Jackets Car tyre inner-tubes . . These are the items you’ll see on sale here today. Trousers …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ The Storm Has Passed
3Wednesday 25 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Trio (IV)
Leave a commentTuesday 24 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My fourth entry this week was taken in Skopje, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM), and shows a trio of signs that …
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Pavement café bar, Turkish style
1Tuesday 24 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Macro Monday: New strange bug!
24Monday 23 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This weekend I was happily winding down after a long session doing some more serious chores in the garden itself, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Trio (III)
19Monday 23 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Not exactly a trio of equals, and I hope these guys don’t mind, but I spotted this happy little threesome wandering the backstreets …
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Bloggers Unite for Peace
179Sunday 22 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke ~ ~ …
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REBLOG: Syrian Refugees, Security Debates, Fear Mongering and General Stupidity
9Sunday 22 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Norm 3.0:
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Who’s a pretty boy then?
1Sunday 22 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Trio (II)
16Saturday 21 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Isn’t it always the way, you post an image one day, and the next day up pops a photo challenge …
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Siezed n Chained
2Saturday 21 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Having a road legal vehicle here in Türkiye is still a sort optional rule that many do not ascribe to. Partly it’s …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Trio (I)
24Friday 20 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a weird sight, but actually it represents the Triskelion or Trinacria, …
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Flower Friday ~ Monster pink beauty!
13Friday 20 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
As per usual for me, I have no idea what this is 🙂 It looks like a whopping big rose, …
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Who would join me?
33Thursday 19 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
A couple of times recently I have posted my thoughts about the ongoing wave of destructiıon that the idiots waving …
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Ok guys, I’ll be first watch then…
Leave a commentThursday 19 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory (IV)
5Thursday 19 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s final entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows the ‘victory’ that is finding happiness in children who have …
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Love Over Fear
25Wednesday 18 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The level of response generated by my previous post, Perspective & Humanity, was reassuring, pretty much supportive and mostly from my usual clan …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Like my crown?
3Wednesday 18 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory (III)
5Tuesday 17 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My third Weekly Photo Challenge entry is all about is perseverance towards uncertain victory! Or just plain old digging a hole for a …
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Turkish Political breakfast
5Tuesday 17 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In Turkey, we have an endless love with breakfast, eating outdoors, domestic politics, meetings and/or marches, and of course, generating …
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Macro Monday: Cherry tomato
3Monday 16 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My entry for Macro Monday this week is a simğple shot of the top of a small little sweet cherry …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory (II)
9Monday 16 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
I’ve not felt very in tune with the theme ‘victory’ with all that is going on; it seems somewhat inappropriate. So, today …
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Perspective & Humanity
64Sunday 15 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
During the past 48 hours, I, and I’m sure many of you, will have seen or perhaps taken part in …
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SPIKE WRITES: Oh Brian! What did you do?
Leave a commentSunday 15 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
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Not In MY Name
25Saturday 14 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Last month we saw multiple bombings in Turkey, then destruction over Egypt, countless other atrocities both here and happening daily in …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory (I)
8Friday 13 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge means many things; for some, Victory means being the one who …
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Flower Friday ~ Roses are red…
2Friday 13 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Avenue of Palms
9Thursday 12 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In the centre of İzmir, the western Turkish city we visited for a family wedding recently, is a central park …
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Clouds at Sunset
3Thursday 12 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Logging after a forest fire
1Wednesday 11 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After a forest fire, all is not lost. Pine forest fires flash over very quick sometimes, so the trees, whilst mostly …
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Diwali 2015
7Wednesday 11 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Yes, it’s that time of year again when my friends who follow Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism celebrate the festival …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Narrow Boats & The Cube
1Wednesday 11 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Birds on a Wire
8Tuesday 10 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In trying to play around a bit more with photography, the nearest I have to a hobby away from daily …
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The morning moon
2Tuesday 10 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate (IV)
4Monday 09 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the carved exterior wall of the Talborjt Mosque of Agadir, Morocco. …
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Macro Monday: Another fly
12Monday 09 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
For Macro Monday this week, I have selected another ‘fly’ shot. It’s not in perfect focus I think, and perhaps stretching the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate (III)
11Sunday 08 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the ornate stained glass round window that adorns the from the …
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Mediterranean November skies
8Sunday 08 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate (II)
10Saturday 07 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the incredibly ornate organ in Verona’s majestic Duomo or Verona Cathedral. Hope you …
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