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Irishman in the Middle East
Sofie & Maria – Tooth Fairy!
Posted on August 8, 2020
Sofia, Maria and family recently celebrated Fathers Day, and the arrival of Maria’s first tooth! Next week, Maria will celebrate her first birthday. As followers can see in the below photos, Sofia & Maria look like most young sisters the world over, oblivious to the world around them. And thankfully, oblivious to the troubles around them at present, which are manifold in their passport homeland of Lebanon. Read More
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – A Quiet Moment
Posted on June 26, 2020
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Old & New
Posted on June 3, 2020
Lens-Artist’s Photo Challenge – Pastimes
Posted on May 17, 2020
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Morning
Posted on May 1, 2020
Lens-Artist’s Photo Challenge – Simplicity
Posted on April 5, 2020
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Distance
Posted on March 28, 2020
Thanks to Tina for the distant challenge! Followers can see Tina’s great post HERE.
MB offers 2 pics from a trip home in recent years that both convey distance.
The coastline shot is somewhere in County Kerry in SW Ireland. The sunset shot is from MB’s HX home locality.
From distant Qatar,
Regards to all from MB!
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – River
Posted on March 22, 2020
Thanks to Amy for the River challenge.
If you ever get to visit Doha, Qatar, then you must pay a visit to Villagio Mall. The mall has got a river inside! And that’s not all. You can also take a gondola ride through a section of the mall.
Seriously.
No kidding.
Sorry for the poor quality pics. MB is just too tired to search for better ones.
But you get the picture!
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Chaos
Posted on March 15, 2020
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Reflections
Posted on March 12, 2020
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Change your perspective
Posted on March 1, 2020
Hagia Sophia/Ayasofya
Posted on February 26, 2020
In MB’s last post, he challenged followers to identify the church in the pic that he posted. Blogger Tina (Travels & Trifles blog) thought it was the Ayasofya in Istanbul which is top of her bucket list to visit. But she was incorrect! MB encouraged her to go visit, however, as MB has done on a number of occasions. So, to whet Tina’s appetite before she travels, MB offers one of his Hagia Sophia (English) (Ayasofya in Turkish) pics below. Read More
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Treasure Hunt
Posted on February 22, 2020
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge – Narrow
Posted on February 20, 2020
Thanks to Amy for the narrow challenge.
Tuesday just past was the annual Sports Day public holiday in Qatar.
MB took a spin out to the company labour accommodation complex with his camera to see what all the Indian and Nepalese workforce were getting up to. The Basketball & Volleyball attracted a lot of participation and interest but it was the tug-o’-war that had the crowd screaming from the second the ‘start’ whistle was blown. The atmosphere was crazy and reminded MB of similar events back home in summer village festivals.
Who would ever have thought that tug-o’-war could unite the world?!
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