Tag Archives: mountains
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Landscape (IV)
6Tuesday 05 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My fourth bash at the ‘Landscape’ theme of the Weekly Photo Challenge is from Tenerife. Hope you enjoy this entry. …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-Light (I)
18Friday 25 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My first entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a photograph I took of lightning striking the mountainside. It was taken …
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Flower Friday ~ Mountain colours
12Friday 25 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Here in the West Taurus mountains, we have plenty to roam, with pine forested peaks as far as the eye can …
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The light
6Thursday 07 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Our forests are cold, In the darkness of the night; Then dawn brings new hope, As the skies share the …
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The mists of time
10Tuesday 05 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Time passes The warmth of summer long departed Exchanged in kind for winter rains I ask myself, “Where are my …
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Nature’s monuments
6Thursday 17 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Rainbow time
6Tuesday 08 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Making the most of it
8Thursday 03 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
When the mountains are as rock strewn as we have here in the southwest of Türkiye, there is little one …
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Love this time of year…
4Thursday 03 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Turkish low clouds
Leave a commentWednesday 02 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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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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Morning mist in the hills
3Saturday 07 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Now that autumn is starting to kick in, well sort of, we finally get to see clouds, mist and even …
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Autumn Clouds
Leave a commentSaturday 31 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Evening cloud & light
15Tuesday 27 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here we have the same scene, under two different camera settings. Both taken towards the end of the day, as …
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Fresh rain feeds the rivers
1Wednesday 21 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Here in the southwest of Türkiye, we are finally seeing rains in the West Taurus Mountains. One month since our …
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Walking in our foothills
9Tuesday 13 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place (I)
6Friday 09 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken here in the West Taurus Mountains of southwest …
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Remembering our Turkish rural springtime
Leave a commentSaturday 03 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Everything is green Everything is fresh Everything is lush Everything is growing… . . How different springtime time, compared to …
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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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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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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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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: Ephemeral (II)
24Saturday 28 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is another ephemeral moment we are all familiar with, the fleeting minute …
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Clouds rolling in the hills
13Thursday 05 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Spring is here at last, or is it? We have sun, warmth, cold, rain, clouds; you name it. Won’t be …
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Turkish Forest Fire Lookouts
8Wednesday 18 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
With pine forested mountains and low hills as far as the eye can see, we live out here in the …
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Waterfalls now ??
6Thursday 12 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The hills are starting to produce waterfalls where there are usually just dry rock faces. I just love the differences …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Double Rainbow !!
13Wednesday 04 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
. Taken from our bathroom window, here on our farm in southwest Türkiye. .
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Foothills & Farming
8Tuesday 03 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Throughout the West Taurus Mountains of our southwest corner of Türkiye, there are some beautiful foothills in which we farm. …
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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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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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We Have Snow !
23Saturday 10 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Ok, so it’s ‘visible’ on our mountains, none this far down of course, but still… “We have snow!”… yikes, exciting …
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Autumn sun warms the mountains
5Friday 05 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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Sunrise Over Mt Kenya
8Thursday 27 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
One of a series of sunrise shots I took from a distant ridge near to Rumuruti, in Northern Kenya, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction (I)
16Friday 17 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken a few days ago on our farm here …
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Ancient Valleys
13Saturday 24 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Much of our scenery in this part of western Turkey is, to a certain extent, rugged, dramatic and possess a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring (III)
15Sunday 04 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken behind our farm in the foothills of south-western …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Abandoned (I)
22Friday 28 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
My first entry for this week’s Photo Challenge is the very house that a guy I know grew up in, …
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More Village Walks
1Monday 16 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Following a request or three for some images from ‘outside the front gate’, we, that is all three of us, …
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Walking In My Village
13Tuesday 03 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I am known for posting images from here on the farm, from our veggies to the orchard. However I had …
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Reblog: View From The Gods
2Thursday 03 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
. This the view from Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Not my photo, but definately worthy to share with my fellow bloggers …
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Turkish Mountain Villages
18Thursday 19 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
How many posts do you see about Turkey? And how many feature just Istanbul, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Cappadocia or a trip …
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