Tag Archives: nature
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Flower Friday ~ Last peach blossoms
4Friday 06 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Double Pink
5Friday 22 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ This morning’s roses
15Friday 15 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Taken an hour ago, here are some of the rose beds. With spring providing cool nights, occasional rain and sunny …
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Flower Friday ~ Blossom; never enough
4Friday 01 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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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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Flower Friday ~ Plum tree blossom
5Friday 18 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Here are some not-so-close-up images of the plum trees which are in full blossom right now. At night it actually …
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Flower Friday ~ More Apricot Blossom
4Friday 11 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Wild beauty
6Friday 04 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ First Apricot
11Friday 26 February, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Taken just a few minutes ago… This is the very first of the beautiful flowers that blossom on the apricot …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Seasons (I)
17Saturday 20 February, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is typical for springtime here in southwest Türkiye. Everything is green, the …
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Flower Friday ~ Spring has arrived
9Friday 19 February, 2016 by Uncle Spike
(courtesy of a good friend who visiting our farm)
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Flower Friday ~ Sunflower
12Friday 22 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Taken back in summer 2015, in the endless Sunflower fields of the northern Turkish province of Edirne, which is in Eastern …
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Flower Friday ~ Winter Grass
4Friday 15 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Flags & Flowers
Leave a commentFriday 08 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
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Macro Monday: Finger puppet?
5Monday 04 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Here’s a friendly little praying mantis… We get these a lot around here, and I’m truly fascinated by them. They …
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Flower Friday ~ Summer colours
17Friday 01 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Bit later than normally posted, but here is my Friday floral offering. For many of us, we are now ‘mid-winter’; …
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Flower Friday Pot
5Friday 18 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Bitola Balcony
3Friday 11 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
How about this for a few flowers on your balcony? Taken in the middle of summer in the southern border …
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Flower Friday ~ Ok, it’s another White Hibiscus
5Friday 04 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Yellow Trumpets (Burgmasia)
5Friday 27 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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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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Flower Friday ~ Roses are red…
2Friday 13 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Twins
Leave a commentFriday 06 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Another White Hibiscus
1Friday 30 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Twin Reds
Leave a commentFriday 23 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Flower Friday ~ Blue (something)…
20Friday 16 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Not sure on this one. At first I thought it looked like a blue hydrangea, but like a tiny version. Any …
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Flower Friday ~ Purple strikes again
5Friday 09 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This one was taken in the UK a long time ago. Not sure what it is, but the flowers so …
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Flower Friday ~ Bluebell
2Friday 02 October, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Simple elegance The humble Bluebell is one of nature’s best examples. Often seen as a mass of blue like a …
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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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Flower Friday ~ Natural Yellow
Leave a commentFriday 25 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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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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Valley walking in Cappadocia
3Saturday 19 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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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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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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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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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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Connected (IV)
1Monday 07 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows how a tree connects to the …
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Macro Monday: Damselfly
14Monday 07 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
These are my Macro Monday images for this week, taken by my wife on an LG-G2 phone. Hope you all …
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Flower Friday ~ Splash of colour
Leave a commentFriday 04 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
In the otherwise drab coloured world of the the Turkish summer, with mostly varying shades of brown, a little splash of …
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SPIKE WRITES: “My first review sucked!”
Leave a commentThursday 03 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
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Macro Monday: Phlox subulata
4Monday 31 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is my entry for Macro Monday for this week. I ‘think it is a spot of Phlox subulata… What …
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Flower Friday ~ Soft red rose
1Friday 28 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This rose is such a soft and gentle shade of red, don’t you think? .
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Ain’t nature simply great?
9Tuesday 25 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Pale Yellow Hibiscus
4Sunday 23 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
One day I’ll try a Hibiscus or three in our garden. I know they love the heat, but perhaps it’s a …
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Flower Friday ~ Jujube Flowers
3Friday 21 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Cute to look at, but that’s as far as I’ll go… . . Remember, the Jujube tree has huge evil …
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Little green visitor…
2Thursday 20 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy (IV)
14Tuesday 18 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a caterpillar that was larger than my lens cap – ewww! Hope …
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Good year for grapes
6Sunday 16 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
We always get a good crop from these black grapes – they come from a hardy and strong vine. Mostly …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy (I)
10Saturday 15 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
How about a creepy poo-bug?? This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a Mole Cricket, or Gryllotalpa …
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Flower Friday ~ Gazania of the day
5Friday 14 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This gazania has a lovely mixture of colours. It looks like it has been hand painted! . .
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