Tag Archives: kenya
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth (III)
4Thursday 12 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My third Weekly Photo Challenge for ‘Earth’ is just that, a pile of earth…. or home as Mr & Mrs …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Earth (II)
2Tuesday 10 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My second Weekly Photo Challenge effort on the theme of earth, is my take on the beauty of vast open …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Admiration (IV)
16Thursday 05 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My fourth and final Weekly Photo Challenge entry is about my admiration for mother nature. In these shots, we see the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Admiration (III)
5Monday 02 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Ok, so here’s my third Weekly Photo Challenge thought about the theme, Admiration. I’m one of those numpties who has …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime (III)
9Tuesday 19 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My week’s Weekly Photo Challenge entry is of a young Rhino having a bit of a snack; perfect dinner time in the kids …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance (III)
6Sunday 20 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My third Weekly Photo Challenge entry shows the tribal dances to be seen among the East African tribes such as the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Vibrant (I)
16Friday 29 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
How about this for vibrant? My first Weekly Photo Challenge eny-try was taken in a small village in Kenya. Hope you …
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Giraffe Photography ~ 3/3
17Thursday 21 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
In my brief look at photographing that majestic animal, the giraffe, I have taken hundreds of shots over the years …
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Giraffe Photography ~ 2/3
9Sunday 17 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Photographing giraffes is fun. Not only are they photogenic creatures, they love to pose too… but that’s not all. They …
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Giraffe Photography ~ 1/3
16Sunday 10 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Capturing wildlife, photographically speaking, is always an amazing experience. Whether it’s a lioness on the prowl across the plains of Africa, …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Taking a break
8Wednesday 06 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eye Spy (IV)
4Monday 07 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is all about being watched. Hope you enjoy …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eye Spy (III)
3Sunday 06 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is another of those “I’m watching you, watching me” moments 🙂 …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eye Spy (II)
11Saturday 05 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is making sure you keep eye contact…. with a cheetah. Hope …
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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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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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place (III)
1Monday 12 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a reminder for me of days travelling in far flung places. …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Mother & Child
3Wednesday 07 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries (IV)
Leave a commentMonday 05 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is as far as this chimp is …
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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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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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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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy (V)
2Wednesday 19 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fifth and final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was a shot I took that certainly …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Great Rift Valley
2Wednesday 19 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy (III)
9Monday 17 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a collection of disgusting shots of baboon bums n bits, and …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet (I)
5Sunday 09 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Beneath my feet is a lovely warm rock; a bit too warm! This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly …
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“Open the damned door; my head’s stuck !!”
5Tuesday 09 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Vivid (II)
6Saturday 06 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows us the vivid colours worn by some Kenyan tribeswomen. …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Flamingos in flight
11Wednesday 03 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: On the way (IV)
5Monday 01 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is all about the wildebeest on the annual migration across …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: On the way (II)
5Saturday 30 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken by me in a truck on the way …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ The King
11Wednesday 27 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken (II)
5Saturday 23 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a rather defunct flamingo, found on the shores of Lake Baringo …
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East Africa: everyday life
9Thursday 21 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This all started out as a post about open markets of East Africa and then posted some pics of the wonderful …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature (II)
7Saturday 09 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the powerful Thomson Falls (or Nyahururu). This waterfall can be found in Aberdare …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Hey There Piggie!
10Wednesday 06 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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East Africa: roadside life
6Saturday 02 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After looking at the open market style of East African market trading and the natural exuberance of the African kids, I wanted to share …
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East Africa: Shopping
23Sunday 26 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
On the whole, shopping malls leave me cold. In general I have little desire to trudge my way around endless corridors of …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Early Bird (V)
4Tuesday 21 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fifth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the sunrise just to the …
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East Africa: The Kids
24Saturday 18 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Travelling is, or was for a long time to me anyway, a way of life, and then became one of …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Afloat (V)
7Tuesday 14 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fifth and final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a group of happy hippos, all afloat as …
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Morning stroll
6Thursday 09 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Boys will be boys
6Wednesday 01 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ephemeral (I)
19Friday 27 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a Masai tribesman in ‘mid-jump’. If ephemeral means the capture of something that …
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The Fish Eagle
12Tuesday 24 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
We have a lot of bird-life where we live, and the sounds never stop – something I’ll never tire of. …
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Chimpanzee Rescue
4Saturday 07 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
I love chimps, in fact that statement applies to all such hairy relatives of our species. I’ve told it’s probably …
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Mister Poo, the African version
15Tuesday 17 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Last springtime, here on our farm here in southwestern Türkiye, I was shovelling recycled fodder, courtesy of a gang of local goats, …
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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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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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