Winter Walk
Posted on December 29, 2013
It’s been pleasantly, if unseasonably, warm and sunny lately here at Tranquility Base: perfect weather for a walk along the quiet local roads.
The hedgerows are full of both life and death:
Some more images:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy
Posted on December 28, 2013
So, which two year old wouldn’t like playing peek-a-boo with grandpa?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Community
Posted on December 14, 2013
Community? Well, it’s a broad brief, to be sure. I suppose ‘community of interest’ would qualify as an example, and if these guys don’t have a shared interest – and mutual trust – then I don’t know who does.
[National Day celebrations in Abu Dhabi; also illustrates one of the advantages of living on the twelfth floor]
Winter sun and frost
Posted on December 10, 2013
At the moment Tranquility Base is sitting under a high pressure weather system, bringing cloudless sunny days and heavy night frosts.
An early morning walk in the fields provided images of both.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand
Posted on December 9, 2013
Detail from the triumphal arch in the Roman city of Jerash, in Jordan. I think they were trying to make a point.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!
Posted on November 30, 2013
Can’t imagine it would be much of a photo without light (unless perhaps you were using a D4), but there you go. Here are a couple of images captured at a fireworks display in Abu Dhabi:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
Posted on November 23, 2013
Wasn’t expecting to encounter these gentlemen in the foyer of a smart hotel in Abu Dhabi:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers
Posted on November 16, 2013
Here is another picture from Petra, showing the sandstone layers from which the monuments were carved. You can find more in this other post.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie
Posted on November 5, 2013
Somehow the bird adds to the sense of menace created by the looming stonework.
Taken in Chauvigny, a fortified medieval town in the Vienne department of France.
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