Chris Nixon's SmartSets / 2008 Challenge

2008 Challenge #18: Thomas Blake Glover, known as the Scottish Samurai was credited for much of the industrial reform of Japan, lived just down the road from my house.

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2008 Challenge #17: I pass this beautiful building on my way to work ever day.

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2008 Challenge #16: The Brig o' Balgownie has been closed to traffic for a good few years. The locals can sometimes be a bit 'nippy' about photographers. I think they want to keep it a secret.

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2008 Challenge #15: This huge hollowed out tree trunk is about half a mile from my house reminds me of Guillermo del Toro's fantasy worlds

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2008 Challenge #14: We were treated to some April snow showers. Nothing more than a couple of inches, but still fun. There has definitely been less snow in Aberdeen over the last few years. I wonder if that is part of global warming...or just one of those things.

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2008 Challenge #12: This week we visited Holly's great grandparents on the west coast of Scotland. This is the point at which the Gairloch meets the river Clyde.

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2008 Challenge #11: The journey home from work each evening. This time of year it's beginning to be a little lighter.

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2008 Challenge #10: We visited the in-laws out in the sticks this week.

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2008 Community Challenge: Week 3. Mindless grafitti can blight areas of of our towns and cities, but sometimes it's so lame it makes me chuckle. This is a bus stop I run past every day. I think it's right up there with the “Get Lost” spray painting also near-by. These kids need to get a bit more creative.

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2008 Challenge #8: The Island Empress from Norway being shuttled out of Aberdeen Harbour.

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2008 Challenge #7: This week I increased the size of my community a little by going on the Old Aberdeen Photowalk. This is the tower of Kings College at Aberdeen University, one of the favorite subjects of the day.

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2008 Challenge #6: Footdee (pronounced Fittie) is a small fishing village beside the harbour in Aberdeen where my mother lives. They hang their sheets on the line in a special way so they won't blow away.

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2008 Community Challenge: Week 4. This is the Balgownie mobile (cell) phone transmitter, a short walk from my house. I drive past it every day, but this is the first time I've thought to turn my lens towards it.

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2008 Community Challenge: Week 2. A little delayed. Aberdeen is a harbour city, and this is the new building that makes sure all the ships get in and out of the harbour safely. It sits at the end of the beach, and at the mouth of the harbour, dominating the skyline.

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