Celebrating 2011

Important business to discuss

A wonderful end to a wonderful year— a happy new year to everyone!

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Jingle Bells!

Jingle bells

These are just gorgeous. They sound beautiful, too.

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A version of snow

Snowflake

There may actually be some real snow in my future. This will have to do for now.

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Looking back

Waltz with Bashir

March on Republic Day, 29 October.

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NaNoCandle

NaNo Candle 2011

Well, it’s that time of year again— our merry band of crazy NaNoWriMo participants is heading out of the starting gate, either with a bang or… not. As usual, I’ll be participating, and as usual, my novel has an element of the supernatural in it.

Why the candle? It’s part of my writing ritual. It keeps my creativity burning or something. Whatever, it works for me.

Best wishes to all the participating novelists! Let’s nail this thing.

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Halloween is here

Evil Cat

Spiders!

Bat

Friends

La minaccia del brutto tempo l'ha tenuto in casa quella notte

A happy day to all who are celebrating.

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Golden Orange

Altın Portakal

The parade for the closing day of the annual Golden Orange Film Festival, the largest and most important film festival in Turkey.


Silver Maiden

Silver Knight

Dream state

There were a lot of celebrities there, but my favourite part was the silver people. So dreamy.

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2011 Lunar Eclipse

Lunar eclipse selected stages, 15 - 16 June 2011

I’d never seen a lunar eclipse before, and this was a spectacular one. It was the longest lunar eclips in the last century, and we were so lucky to be in the totality zone.

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Mahjong smackdown

A lesson in pairs

Okay, no, it wasn’t really a smackdown, but we did have a little get-together over the weekend to play some mahjong and eat some dessert.


Getting down to business

We had so much fun, we’ve decided to make it a regular thing.


Wanna play?

Fun for all ages.

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Tango night!

Tango Night!

There’s an 800-strong army of tango enthusiasts in Antalya. They meet several nights per week.


Late in the evening

Night quickly becomes early morning.


Quiet moment

When Rita is on the floor, people take notice.

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