Tag Archives: america
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Mischievous Kid (first post – revisited)
15Tuesday 16 February, 2016 by Uncle Spike
To commemorate the 500,000, here’s a look at my very first post 🙂 In the early 1970′s, we were whisked …
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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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat (IV)
4Tuesday 03 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is just a dream really…. never ever gonna happen, BUT, if …
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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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American Memories on July 4th
5Saturday 04 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Having spent time in the states both as resident and visitor, and having numerous cousins living in five different states, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion (I)
20Friday 24 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
SPOT THE HAWAIIAN DIVER…! This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a series of motion shots if …
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Boston – Music & City
13Friday 17 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Boston is a city close to my heart for a number of reasons; but here’s just three: 1 – I …
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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: Converge (IV)
2Monday 01 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from the days when cars were designed to impress, …
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Sweet Home… of Alabama
2Saturday 29 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I went to Montgomery, Alabama once, but that’s as near to being able to label it as ‘home’. But what …
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Iz, the one and only
12Thursday 27 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Anyone remember this giant of a man? This was the late and very great Israel “Iz” Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole, who brought …
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Thankful at Thanksgiving – from Türkiye
21Wednesday 26 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s that time of year again when three things happen. One – over half my readers disappear to gorge on …
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REBLOG: State of Emergency
6Tuesday 18 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Heaven On Earth:
Friends, as of this writing, Lancaster, NY is in a state of emergency. We have at… -
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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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: 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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Spoken With Dignity
8Thursday 28 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
All men are created equal…
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New England USA ~ Out & About
13Sunday 10 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Mid 80’s and I was out and about in New England in the northwest United States. So far we’ve had …
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New England USA ~ Rivers & Lakes
12Sunday 03 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The tour of New England from the ’80s continues: After downtown Boston, Massachusetts, and then whale watching, a look at some palatial …
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Guest post: “Fuzzy and Boomer” – by Linda
24Sunday 27 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In this post, we get a history lesson… from a couple of farming pooches from the USA, called Fuzzy & …
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New England USA ~ Rich Boy Lifestyle
12Saturday 26 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Yesteryear look-back’ mini-series #3 has taken us back to 1980’s New England, in America’s north-east. The first was based in …
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New England USA ~ Palatial Places
5Saturday 19 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In the latest ‘yesteryear look-back’ mini-series, this is the third about New England in America’s north-east. We started off with some …
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New England USA ~ Whale Watching
17Saturday 12 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is the second in a new ‘yesteryear look-back’ mini-series about New England, that nugget of beauty located in the …
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New England USA ~ Boston
22Sunday 06 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Before marriage, after school, before settling down, and about a third way through my travels ‘when I were a lad’…. …
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Hey America, Happy Birthday!
19Friday 04 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Yes it’s the Fourth of July, American Independence Day! So from all of us at Family Spike, enjoy your special …
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Flower Friday on 4th July!
4Friday 04 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Special Fourth of July version today . A bit of red . White . & blue . Happy 4th July!! …
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America…
17Thursday 03 July, 2014 by Uncle Spike
To all my American family, friends and bloggers alike… AMERICA Where kilometers are 0.6 miles long; Where there are pounds …
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Hawaiian Adventures ~ An Oasis
2Sunday 29 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Hardly seems like a week’s gone by since last Sunday’s toe-dipping into the old 1980s archives…. First off was my …
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Hawaiian Adventures ~ Volcano
4Sunday 22 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Sunday post time…. and that means a few more photographs dusted off and scanned from my days in Hawaii during …
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1 Year ~ This & That
20Sunday 22 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike’s Adventures in Numbers !! In this last year, the biggest surprise I would say has been the popularity …
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Hawaiian Adventures ~ Plantation
9Sunday 08 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Another week has flown by, so time to fly on back to Hawaii, an adventure from the late 80’s…. First …
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Hawaiian Adventures ~ Beaches
5Sunday 01 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Time once again to jump back in time to my days in Hawaii in the late 80’s…. In the first …
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Hawaiian Adventures ~ Heading Inland
25Sunday 25 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Ok, time for the second instalment from the Hawaiian islands. In the first, I took you on walkies around downtown, during …
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So What’s My Problem?
11Saturday 17 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We all consider ourselves hard done by in life, at some point or another. I for one bemoan our financial …
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Hawaii ~ Downtown Honolulu
22Sunday 11 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Many moons ago, and we are talking more moons than Buzz Aldrin and his cohorts visited during their illustrious astronautical careers, a …
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Guest post: “Strongman” – by Chris, from Muscleheaded
8Sunday 06 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So here we are again… This week, Uncle Spike, a small weakling of a blogging farmer in rural Turkey, has a …
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REBLOG: Visiting Gettysburg National Battlefield
Leave a commentSunday 02 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on The Müscleheaded Blog:
July, 2013 commemorated the 150th anniversary of one of the most important battles in American history–… -
A Birthday Kissssss….
24Sunday 05 January, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Uncle Spike is a romantic. Hmm, that’s just my opinion and of course I know plenty who would disagree with …
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Happy Turkey Day; From Turkey
9Wednesday 27 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Today, your Uncle Spike; well, the whole of Clan Spike actually, want to wish all those in the good old …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You
20Friday 18 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
For the Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You, my entry is taken from my last visit to family in the …
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911: Remembering The Innocent
4Wednesday 11 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
In memory of all the innocent who fell that day, 12 years ago…
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REBLOG: My Husband is an Alien
1Thursday 22 August, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Which Way Now 101:
Credit Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain “American citizens?” “My wife is American. I’m a green card holder.” “Can…
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