A few days ago I met up with a few colleagues from work (and as it happens also friends, some older than others) for a walk in the Dingli area, and an opportunity to talk about the kinds of things that our usual meetings at work don’t really provide the environment for. I wasn’t planning any photography, but I did take my camera with me, … Continue reading Path in Buskett
About a couple weeks ago I was watching a recent video by Englishman in Malta, where Steve was walking along the valley floor from Wied Speranza, starting from the Madonna tal-Isperanza chapel, trying to find a through connection to Wied il-Għasel. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it through, getting stuck at a small dam (with a sufficiently high drop). Now I have been to both valleys … Continue reading Wied il-Għasel
I’m starting this week with two photos from a recent walk in Miżieb. I often come across dogs on my walks. Sometimes they’re out on a walk with their owner, other times they’re vociferously defending their owner’s territory. In general they don’t bother me much, as most dogs tend to be kind-hearted, if at times loud or clingy. Sometimes, though, you do get the real … Continue reading Encounters with Dogs
I’m starting this week with a few photos from the second walk I did a week ago. On the first day of spring, I headed up to Xemxija for a lovely walk in Miżieb, a wooded area popular with hunters. I wanted to get a few more photos of the place, and for obvious reasons needed to do this in the narrow window between the … Continue reading Miżieb Woodland
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
Keeping with the theme of (neo)classical statues, today’s photo takes us back almost a year to a stay in Sydney at the end of autumn in the southern hemisphere. On my way back from the conference in Wellington, I stopped for a week in Sydney to visit relatives there. I had enough time to also visit some attractions there, including The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. … Continue reading Sylvan Nymph
Autumn has properly started this week, with the weather finally getting a bit cooler and the rains starting. The clouds have also become interesting over the last few weeks, which means more photography is on the horizon. I only hope the traffic hassles don’t make me give up on that. Google photos has also been kind enough (!) to remind me that this time of … Continue reading Three Trees
A short distance down the road from the chapel of last week’s photo is what I think is one of the prettier roads in Malta. It’s an arterial road, albeit a narrow one, linking the Rabat area with Attard. While I’m not entirely sure which trees exactly will be affected by the Central Link project, I won’t be surprised if most of these trees will … Continue reading Triq l-Imdina
Last week, after work, I popped over to the generally busy road that leads from Attard to Rabat and Mdina. If you’ve been following local news you’ll recognise it as the road at the centre of attention in the controversial Central Link project. (Google it and get lost down the rabbit hole.) So I figured I’d better prioritise any photography I had in mind for … Continue reading Madonna tal-Vitorja
One of the walks that R and I did together this year was a pleasant amble along pasture and farmland in the north-eastern lakes. The walk visited Dalemain mansion and the tiny village of Dacre, but that will have to wait. A good part of the walk had Dunmallard hill in full view, and I thought that this view of pasture, farmland, and the hills … Continue reading Dunmallard Hill
As I prepare to write up this week’s throwback post I notice that I have already shared all edited photos from last year’s visit to the Lake District. Which is a good thing, as it’s almost a year since that happened. This doesn’t mean, however, that I’m done with all photos from that trip. Last year we also spent a couple days in Guildford, meeting … Continue reading Lake and Boat House
Today I’m sharing another photo from a walk in Elterwater in the English Lake District last year. A stretch of the walk follows a well-maintained path along the Skelwith river. It’s a very enjoyable piece, with an open section of Elterwater park across the river and the fells beyond. Since the path is so well-maintained and level, it’s a popular area with families and visitors … Continue reading Elterwater Park
Muddy Boots 