Tag Archives: weather
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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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Gotcha – Stopped that leak!
13Sunday 31 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Ok, hands up who’s ever owned a house and had a leaky ceiling at some point or other? Most of …
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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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Now (I)
4Friday 25 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
How about this for my “now” entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge? It’s finally autumn here in southwest Türkiye, and …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ The Storm Has Passed
3Wednesday 25 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season (IV)
1Monday 15 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a spot of southern Turkish summer rain …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season (III)
9Sunday 14 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a double rainbow taken from our farm in southwest Türkiye. …
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A Pause In Summer…
16Sunday 10 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Early summer it may be (for us), but Mother Nature has her own way of just reminding us who’s boss …
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New Year’s Eve… then it’s 2015
32Wednesday 31 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So today sees the last remnants of the year 2014. Hmm, that flew by mighty quickly I have to say! …
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Stormy Days of Winter
11Tuesday 30 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Beautiful clear skies or fierce storms. That’s about as good a summary as you could make of our winter weather. …
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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… -
Late Autumn Rain
10Tuesday 18 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
September 20th – that’s the date set in our diary each year that usually signals the end of summer, and …
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Summer Becomes Non-Summer
12Sunday 28 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Yay… summer is over. Don’t get me wrong, I seriously love our looooong hot summer, and rarely tire of the …
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Gotta Love Summer Storms
4Friday 29 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Out of the blue, literally, we can suddenly have a deluge from above. I just love summer storms – short, …
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SPIKE WRITES: Sunny: 300+ Days a Year
2Monday 11 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on My Aberdeen Garden:
So you’ve already guessed I’m not from Aberdeen then? Like many folk, I grew tired of… -
SPIKE WRITES: Rain, My Turkish Delight
Leave a commentSaturday 09 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Green Lizard's Blog:
a couple of days ago I spent a little time trying to unravel a photographic mystery.… -
Weekly Photo Challenge: Between (IV)
6Tuesday 24 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a wintry scene as tyre tracks have …
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And Welcome Back Summer…
18Tuesday 10 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
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The Last Storm
16Thursday 29 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Summer has arrived! Not quite proper summer temps yet, just hovering around the 31-33 mark, or 90F. But give it …
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The Sky Today
2Tuesday 06 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
First this… 😦 Then this… 🙂 .
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I Love The Sound of Rainfall
37Thursday 01 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In a land where we have virtually no rain for months on end, I still enjoy the odd downpour. I …
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Spot Of The Wet Stuff
6Tuesday 29 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
April in south west Turkey is, like most places in the Northern Hemisphere, a period of seasonal change. Our combined autumn-winter-spring (or …
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Storms n Clouds
3Thursday 27 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Springtime storms still come and go They bring with them some stunning cloud formations But blue skies are never far …
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A Storm Just Passed
11Wednesday 05 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Spring it may be, but our mountain storms continue, albeit less regularly week on week. This past weekend was no …
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Failed Winter Crops
14Wednesday 26 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In our veggie garden, we tend to concentrate on summer crops, such as various peppers, sweetcorn, and aubergines (eggplant). With …
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February Swimmies This Year?
6Tuesday 04 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We usually manage to swim through until November, or late October at least. And one year we even managed to …
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Expressive Skies
Leave a commentSaturday 01 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
I was just upstairs the other evening, making sure windows and curtains were closed as the day drew to a …
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Reminder Of Warmer Days…
12Thursday 12 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, we are now well into ‘winter’, whilst our friends in the Southern …
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Rain Rejuvenates : Veggies
4Thursday 28 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the post: Rain Rejuvenates The Garden, I had a query about the rest of the farm… So …
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Rain Rejuvenates : Orchard
1Tuesday 26 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the post: Rain Rejuvenates The Garden, I had a query about the rest of the farm… As …
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Rain Rejuvenates The Garden
13Sunday 24 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
We love the extremes of weather here in south-west Turkey. Whilst we don’t go in for the cold stuff of …
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Seasons A Little Confused
6Tuesday 05 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
So it’s early November. Even for southern Turkey, this is well into autumn, and whilst we are used to seeing …
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Powerful Skies
10Sunday 13 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
. I love taking photos from our top floor sun terrace. The evening skies can be quite awe inspiring at …
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That’s What I Call A Cloud
2Sunday 06 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
This is the season when we see clouds in the sky… It’s not such a stupid statement, as they don’t …
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Calm After The Storm
2Wednesday 02 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Calmer skies returned this afternoon. . We have a working phone line, electricity and internet. My efforts at road repairs …
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Autumn Arrived – With a BANG!
Leave a commentWednesday 02 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
And so there we have it… the first BIG storm of autumn!! Recently it’s been sunny and warm every day, …
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Eek – Clouds!
5Monday 02 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
“Turned Out Nice Again” That is my handle, my repetitive daily motto if you like and something that I spout …
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