Shades of orange, pink and blue….
Wordless Wednesday….
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime #3
Weekly Photo challenge: Dinnertime #2
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime…
A to Z challenge: P is for Pen shell-Pinnidae
The Pinnidae are a taxonomic family of large saltwater clams sometimes known as pen shells. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pterioida. Continue reading
Monday Window: Angkor Wat
What sights were seen through this window?
Participating in Ludwig’s Monday Windows challenge… come and join in the fun, find a new window each week..it’s certainly a challenge!
A to Z challenge: O is for Octopus
I like to see octopus in the wild, but it’s hard to get photographs as they are fairly elusive and lurk in dark crevices, moving very fast in a cloud of ink, when disturbed. Continue reading
Garden Challenge : April: Macros in the Garden
Home for a long weekend in Cyprus, I can finally enter into this month’s challenge. Colour everywhere in my garden, a chance to experiment with my Nikon and a Moment macro lens for iPhone 6. Sadly no tripod, I had to have a steady hand…. Continue reading
A to Z challenge: N is for Nasturtium
I thought I had a pet Nudibranch, which was my “N”, but whilst writing this, I discovered it’s just a sea slug. Hmm… Continue reading
A to Z challenge: M is for Melo….
Melo melo, common name the Indian volute or bailer shell, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Not found on the Arabian shorelines, but plentiful in Asia and I’ve had this for dinner! Continue reading
A to Z challenge: L is for Lambis
Out of the shells I have found, the Lambis family are beautiful specimens of molluscs.
Never expecting to find anything but broken ones, given their size, imagine, when one day, walking along a rock shelf at low tide, I spied a vivid pink, shiny blob on the dull rocks in the distance. Deep down, knowing what it could be, hoping against hope it was intact, I crabbed across the slippery rocks in record speed. Continue reading
Thursday Doors: Once-splendid in Oman….
Along the coast of eastern Oman, a region known as Ash Sharqiyah, the coast road passes through many small fishing villages, buildings are weather-beaten, dilapidated and life appears to be very different to that of the main cities. Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday…..
A to Z challenge: K is for Kite-boarding….
Masirah island, Oman, according to some wind-surfing Aussies I met in Ramadan last year on the island, rates amongst the top 10 places for both sports and having spent time there during the monsoon, it’s certainly windy enough to blow you away into the raging seas, but these guys seemed to have no fear. Their main issue was they hadn’t realised it was Ramadan, so the hotel was dry ! Continue reading
A to Z: J is for Journey
As a change from the sea shore today, come and have a little journey with me around Dubai’s souks….
Crossing the creek to the souk area on the traditional abra, life is buzzing on the waterway… Continue reading
Monday Windows: All gold in this window….
Traditional 22carat gold jewellery in the Gold souk, Dubai. Bedazzling!
Participating in Ludwig’s Monday Windows challenge… come and join in the fun, find a new window each week..it’s certainly a challenge!
A to Z Challenge: I is for Inspiration, Internet, Information & Ironwood…
Visiting Borneo in 2015, the wealth of drift seeds washed up on the beach sparked a new interest.
On the Arabian coastline, there are no such treasures. There are few trees on the coastlines here, only mangroves, so, on coming across beans and husks of all shapes and sizes as I walking along the shoreline looking for shells, I was fascinated. Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Future
A to Z Challenge: H is for Help….
This post had been planned as “H is for Herons” (plenty of Herons on the coastline of UAE and Oman) but this weekend turned it into “H for Help” instead… Continue reading
A to Z challenge: G is for Gastropods
The Phylum, Mollusca is the second largest in the anima kingdom. There are five main classes, Gastropods, Bivalves, Scaphopoda, Amphineura and Cephalopoda. Continue reading
Thursday Doors: On a fishing hut in Oman..
This old fishing hut had some lovely doors! There are no walls, only bamboo laced around the perimeter…
Taking part in Thursday doors over at Norm’s site…
A to Z Challenge: F is for Festilyria and Fossils
Festilyria Festiva …Of all the Arabian shells this is my absolute favorite. Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Sunset in the city…
A to Z Challenge: E is for Echinoderm
Participating in Blogging from A-Z challenge (April 2016) with a sea-shore theme…
Members of Phylum Echinodermata are more usually known by the common name of Echinoderm. Sea urchins, starfish, sand dollars and sea-cucumbers are well known members of this genus. These are the more common ones seen in inter-tidal regions or as exo-skeletons washed up on beaches. Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Landscape
Landscapes in the Middle East are different, but have their own special beauty. Here are a few….
Out in the desert, not far from Dubai…
Fossil Rock, midway between Dubai and the East coast…
Dunes on the edge of the Empty Quarter, at the south-east corner of UAE…
Hajar mountain range, near Ibri, Oman…
Across the rocky range before the coastal plain at Fujairah, East coast, Uae…
Extremely flat, Sabkha (salt) flats at Bar Al Hikmann, Oman…
Wasit Wetland Centre, Sharjah, UAE….
I found a lovely place to visit last weekend, a small wetland in the heart of Sharjah’s Wasit area.Beautifully laid out, it’s a gem of a place to visit for a couple of hours. Continue reading
Monday Window: Traditionally styled windows in Shindaga, Dubai…
Alongside Dubai creek, Al Shindaga is an area that has been renovated and traditionally styled. Continue reading
A to Z Challenge: D is for Dhow
Participating in Blogging from A-Z challenge (April 2016) with a sea-shore theme…
Dhows (generic name) are the traditional trading and fishing vessels of Arabia. Continue reading
A to Z Challenge: C is for Cowries…
Participating in Blogging from A-Z challenge (April 2016) with a sea-shore theme…
Cowrie is the common name for Cypraeidae, a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. Cowries are tropical and subtropical dwellers, living in shallow to deep-water environments. These hump shaped molluscs are also known as the “Gem of the Sea” owing to their varied colours and pattern and glossy appearance. Continue reading
A to Z Challenge: B is for Beaches…
Participating in Blogging from A-Z challenge (April 2016) with a sea-shore theme…
Beaches have their own meaning for different people. Holidays, sun-bathing, swimming, fishing, clam-collecting, walking, water-sports and so on, the list is long. Continue reading
Travels in the Middle East and beyond 