Oct 3 2016

Monday Window: 3/10/16

 

Dubai creek can be crossed by using the “Abra” service. The cost is 1 dirham, (27 cents). A 10-minute ride to cross the creek and so much to look at.  Continue reading →

Sep 30 2016

Skywatch Friday: 30/9/16

It must be Autumn, there’s a cloud or two in the sky… Crossing the Huqf, Oman, September 2016.

Linking with Skywatch Friday, pop over and check out some sky today…Desert, photography, Oman

Sep 29 2016

Thursday Doors: 28/9/16

 

Back in Oman, heading down through the vast and empty wastes of the centre towards Ras Madrakah, where the Gulf of Oman turns into the Southern Oman coastline, occasionally you come across a place that makes you wonder why it exists? What made it be given a name? Why is it there?  Continue reading →

Sep 27 2016

Garden Challenge September: Flower Portrait

For her September Garden Challenge, Jude, at “the earth laughs in flowers” asks us to ” showcase a flower that you are particularly fond of or one that is unusual”  Continue reading →

Sep 26 2016

Monday Window: 25/9/16

This week it’s spot the window!

Close by my Cyprus home is the village of Lemba, home to the unique Cyprus College of Art.

The founder, Stass Paraskos , a prominent Cypriot artist, together with fellow artists and students decorated the boundary of the college with many avant-garde works, creating a sculpture wall over 25 years.  Continue reading →

Sep 23 2016

Skywatch Friday: 23/9/16

A cloudless, sunset sky in the desolate wilderness of central Oman. Hundreds of miles of empty space, land and sky alike, just vivid colour, as the sun allows the day to turn into night….

Sep 22 2016

Thursday Doors: 22/9/16

Last week I was back in Oman and spent some time in Muscat. Hot and humid at this time of year, packed into space amidst foothills of the surrounding mountains, nevertheless, the city has great charm.  Continue reading →

Sep 19 2016

Monday Window: 19/9/16

A slightly “loose” interpretation of window this week, but I’m sure you will agree it was too good to miss.

The only access to Masirah Island, Oman is via ferry and nowadays there is a government service and small local ferries.  Continue reading →

Sep 15 2016

Thursday Doors: 15/9/16

I featured an unusual window in the small Cypriot village of Emba in this Monday Window post. At the same house, the door is worthy of a post, which should have been last week’s offering for Thursday doors, but as I was felled by a nasty summer cold, my Thursday doors didn’t happen.  Continue reading →

Sep 12 2016

Monday Window: 12/9/16

Day tripping to Limassol town in Cyprus, lunching at the new and rather glamorous Limassol Marina, then a visit to one of the property developer’s site offices.  Continue reading →

Sep 5 2016

Monday Window: 5/9/16

Just one window this week. Not far from my home in Cyprus, on a journey I take frequently, I pass an old house in the centre of the village.  Continue reading →

Sep 1 2016

Thursday Doors: 1/9/16

Up in the hills above my home in Cyprus is a beautiful little monastery called Stavros Tis Minthis which dates back to the 12th century.  Continue reading →

Aug 29 2016

Monday Window: 29/8/16

I spent time photographing the old fishing port of Mirbat on my last visit to the Dhofar region of Southern Oman in June. Doors and windows from this old town have featured in my posts over the last the few weeks, I expect I must head on up the coast now.

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