This week’s throwback is a double feature, with photos of the chapel dedicated to Sant’ Andrija and the nearby Mitħna tax-Xarolla, from a walk in the Żurrieq area last year. Starting from town, I passed by these landmarks and another nearby chapel on my way out, and returned through secluded Wied il-Bassasa and a route along the sea cliffs. The chapels and the windmill had … Continue reading Sant’ Andrija u l-Mitħna tax-Xarolla
For this week’s throwback post I’m sharing a couple of photos of St Agatha’s Tower (It-Torri ta’ Sant’ Agata), probably better known simply as the Red Tower. This tower sits on the west part of Marfa ridge, in the limits of Mellieħa, and is one of the series of watchtowers built during the reign of Grand Master Lascaris. It is a well known landmark, visible … Continue reading Red Tower
I’m not sure whether to complain or not. Perhaps I shouldn’t, because I’ve been so lucky in so many ways. But it sure is frustrating when the weather gods keep all the precipitation for the weekend, as this basically rules out climbing in the early months of the year. (During the week is much harder to manage when the days are still fairly short.) Which … Continue reading Kunċizzjoni Immakulata
Today’s blog post is a bit of a bonus as I’m sharing three photos rather than one. Continuing with a series from last month’s day trip to Gozo, these photos are from our second walk that day, in which we explored the lovely valley of Wied il-Għasri. All three photos show the inlet at the downstream end of the valley, an inlet which is popular … Continue reading Wied il-Għasri
This week’s throwback is a final photo from the series taken at Binġemma five years ago. It shows the cliffs on the other side of the valley from the chapel, at the top of which run the Victoria lines. And below which lie a number of paleochristian tombs. The entrance to one of these, in fact, can be seen in this photo. I remember visiting … Continue reading Cliffs at Binġemma
The photo I’m sharing today is another from a walk I did five years ago near Bidnija. As I approached San Pawl Milqi near Burmarrad, I passed by what was clearly a vineyard. The vines were heavily pruned, and it being winter there wasn’t any foliage to show. After some rains that winter, though, the field and the surrounding countryside was carpeted in bright green … Continue reading Winter Vineyards
During autumn last year, as the weather became more amenable to photography, I made an effort to progress on my long-term chapels project. On one of these outings, with R, we headed out to Rabat to photograph one of the chapels in the countryside there. I had already scoped out the area using maps and satellite imagery, so I had an idea of what times … Continue reading Twelid tal-Verġni Marija
For the last throwback post of this year, I’m sharing one final photo from the walk I did last winter, from Dingli cliffs, down to Fawwara, and up to the Laferla cross. This photo is from the first part of the walk, at the start of the path leading down the cliffs to Fawwara. It’s an easy path to follow, though of course one has … Continue reading Cliffs at Fawwara
This week’s throwback post takes us back to late winter this year, and a walk starting from the cliffs at Dingli and heading down through Fawwara. I already shared photos of the other chapel in the small hamlet of Fawwara. This one, too, proves to be rather tricky to photograph due to the very limited viewpoints. Those who are interested will find details about this … Continue reading Lunzjata
I keep telling myself that I should dedicate more time to my photography. Sadly, over the last year, this seems to have taken second place, except for those few occasions where I continued working on my chapels project, and (a first for me) going out to watch and shoot the Malta International Airshow. Otherwise, it was usually a matter of taking my camera with me … Continue reading Access Path at Dusk
Other than Christmas, December in Malta also comes with another two public holidays: the feast of the Immaculate Conception on the 8th, and Republic Day on the 13th. These two are rather close to each other, and when there’s a weekend in between it’s fairly easy to take a couple more days off work and make it an almost week-long break. Which is what I … Continue reading Farmhouse at Dusk
It doesn’t happen very often on this blog that I share a photo that’s less than a week old. It’s certainly even less often that this happens two weeks in a row. So I guess this must be an occasion worth celebrating. I know, I know, these days any photo that’s shared more than a minute or two after taking is (enough time to make … Continue reading Dusk at Wied il-Bassasa
Muddy Boots 