Sharing a final photo from that walk at Il-Majjistral last autumn. This one’s a simple view from the cliffs, across the sea, with the wide stormy skies as evening closed in. The sun is hidden behind the clouds, though its light does break through in crepuscular rays , lighting up bits of sea in the distance. The sea itself, so dark in the distance (keeps … Continue reading Big Skies at Il-Majjistral
The photo I’m sharing today, from the same walk in Il-Majjistral last autumn, is a rather unusual one, given that most of my photos in the area show the cliffs or the natural landscape. But of course there isn’t anywhere in Malta that can really be classified as wild or untouched. At the edge of the park (technically, I think, just outside) there’s a number … Continue reading Il-Majjistral Barracks Chapel
This week I thought I’d share a somewhat different type of photo for the throwback series. Well, three of them really. As readers of this blog will have realised, I don’t often have people in my photos, but it doesn’t mean that it never happens. I do take photos as memories of events as well, after all. Keepsakes of a kind. In this case I … Continue reading Outings with Christina and Matrix
I have a thing for signs, especially the odd and weird ones, as I’m sure my readers will have realised. The photo I’m sharing today shows a particular one from Il-Majjistral. I really cannot understand what they were thinking, whoever it was who decided that a sign with this wording was needed at this specific point. I mean, it’s less than a meter to the … Continue reading Not Without Wings
Taking a few moments to share a final photo from a walk starting at Għar Lapsi last autumn, showing the remains of Għar Ħanex, which had collapsed in a storm a couple years ago. I find this part of the coastline to be rather picturesque, and have made several photos here over the last few years. It also has the advantage of being fairly easy … Continue reading Ras il-Ħamrija
For this week’s throwback photo I’m sharing two more photos from a walk with my friends Matrix and Christina last autumn, starting from Għar Lapsi. These two photos show a very similar view from the rugged coastline there, with the distinctive form of Filfla in the distance and a receding storm further out. The sun is just about to escape from the thick cloud cover … Continue reading Receding Storm at Lapsi
Taking a few quick moments to share some older photos, mostly from the same walk in Lapsi last autumn. One, however, is from another walk a week later at Il-Majjistral, under similar conditions and with the same friends. I thought I’d group these together, as they follow the same pattern, adding a few more examples to my permanent collection with the same title. You’ll find … Continue reading Crepuscular Rays
For this week’s throwback photo I’m sharing two very related photos from a walk in Lapsi last autumn. After a few weeks of rather hot weather, just looking at these photos and reliving those moments brings some relief. With rain on the forecast all that weekend, we scrapped any climbing plans and instead headed out for a walk in the afternoon. We started rather late, … Continue reading Distant Rain
I mentioned in an earlier blog post that I need to start writing more often than once a week, again, or I’ll never get through my backlog. So today I’m starting again with my Thursday throwback series. This time with a photo from pre-lockdown times (which feels ages ago), during a climbing outing in Għargħur with my friends Matrix and Christina. We had to take … Continue reading Christina
I’m sitting down in front of my PC for a few minutes today to write this quick blog post, wishing a blessed Easter to those who celebrate it. As I went through my list of photos still to be shared, I also realised I really need, once again, to start writing more often than once a week, or I’ll never get through them. This photo … Continue reading A Ray of Light
Yesterday I went for another walk, this time to revisit an area I had not walked in for some years. I was not anticipating much photography, as I would be passing by no chapels for my ongoing project, and I had already made photos of the main vistas. So I only took my small mirrorless camera with me. Nevertheless, I ended up taking quite a … Continue reading House On A Hill
A week ago there was a mid-week public holiday in Malta, and I was rather looking forward to this, to unwind a bit before the new semester starts. As it happened, though, both my climbing partners were busy with other plans throughout that week. So instead of my usual climbing outings, I planned other things to do, including a couple walks in the countryside. One … Continue reading Twelid tal-Verġni Marija
Muddy Boots 