Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning
Posted on January 4, 2014
Snowdrops traditionally mark the arrival of spring:
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.
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