Squeezing in a few quick moments to share one last photo from an amble in Mdina last year. Anyone who likes the old-world charm of an ancient city would certainly enjoy Mdina. A particular fascination to me is the range of colourful and characterful doorways, so it’s no surprise that this is a common theme if you look for photography featuring this old city. I … Continue reading Dismantled Archway
This week’s throwback takes us back to early spring last year, and a short outing with Roberta around the narrow streets of the old city. I remember it was an enjoyable outing, on a late afternoon when almost everyone else was already heading back home. This was also the perfect lighting for those narrow streets, as the golden light bounced off the limestone walls. I … Continue reading Norman Window
The next few throwback photos, including today’s, will feature chapels from the Maltese countryside, part of an ongoing (likely life-long) project to document this very characteristic part of our heritage. Today’s photo shows the chapel dedicated to Sant’ Antnin, below the walls of Mdina. The chapel is part of a disused cemetery, known as Ta’ l-Infetti, referring to its use for burying victims of the … Continue reading Sant’ Antnin and Mdina
A couple weeks ago, R felt well enough to try an amble about the streets of the old capital. We drove up in the late afternoon on a Sunday, as most people were heading back home. Thankfully, this meant the place was quieter than it would otherwise be. In these times, that’s clearly a good thing. I took my camera with me, with a couple … Continue reading Triq Mesquita
Starting this week with another photo with the long lens from the evening session while waiting for the comet to show up. The subject this time is the old capital city Mdina, half silhouetted against the evening sky. Part of the bastions and the cathedral are lit at night (did I say before that we have lots of light pollution down here?). On a technical … Continue reading Mdina
I was unable to keep up with my blogging plans this week. Summer has started, but with so many things delayed due to the pandemic, it looks like it will be a while until work quietens down a bit, if it ever will. So there will be no recent photo this week, but today I’m again sharing a photo that is both a throwback and … Continue reading San Pietru fil-Ktajjen
For this film photography Friday post I’m sharing a photo which follows rather well from yesterday’s throwback. It’s rather odd how the this week’s throwback and film posts would both work equally well if swapped over. I took this photo over a year ago, on a walk with R in Mdina. It’s an old city, with many quaint streets and some really lovely (and imposing) … Continue reading 19 20
For this week’s throwback photo I’m sharing one from a walk with R in Mdina much earlier this year. Towards the end of our walk we headed towards the cathedral. Next to the cathedral is an elaborate old building that used to serve as a seminary for a substantial period of time. Eventually the seminary was moved and the building found many other uses, until … Continue reading Mdina Cathedral Museum
Every time we visit Mdina it seems that our feet automatically take us to the lovely bastion square on the northern tip of the walled city. The route varies, but the endpoint remains. On this particular visit it was rather windy, so everything was quieter than usual. Strangely I don’t think I had ever made a photo of the square before, so I took this … Continue reading Mdina Bastion Square
A few weeks ago, straight after work, R and I went up to Mdina for a walk about and a bit of photography. A bit of a breeze had picked up, which of course only feels stronger in the narrow roads of the old capital, situated as it is on the dominant hill in the area. This worked in our favour, as the city was … Continue reading Santu Rokku
I woke up a bit early this morning, so I took the opportunity to go for a quick walk at the crack of dawn. I took my smaller camera with me so I could take photos if the light was good. Perhaps I should have taken the bigger one, but I guess that would have taken the focus off the walking… Continue reading Mdina
This week I’m sharing something more recent than usual. I’m sure you’ve all had enough of the recent lunar eclipse from the popular press, so please bear with me today. (Well, at least this one wasn’t “super” or “blue”, so it got perhaps a bit less press. The fact that it was not visible in North America also helped, I’m sure.) I hope that, if … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse Over Mdina
Muddy Boots 