Notions and Potions: Non-Alcoholic Beer.

'Schlitz Malt Liquor: The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous.' This non-alcoholic version of the brew was commissioned for billboards destined for a country in the Arabian Gulf that prohibited the sale and drinking of alcohol.

Places 40 - Yeşilbahçe, Antalya.

Faces, Places, Notions ... and I am sure you will be downing the Potions! Happy Xmas to All!!

Potions 23 - Liquid Light

Notions 56 - Alliance.

Places 39 - Maiden's Tower, Istanbul.

Faces 64 - We Live Here: The People of Antalya.

Notions 55 - Lovers with a message!

Places 38 - The Beydaği Mountains.

Faces 63 - We live here: Portraits from the streets of Istanbul.

Potions 22 - Liquid Light

Notions 54 - Belief.

Notions 53 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Painted Lady Butterfly (l. vanessa cardui).

Notions 52 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

A 'Harvestman' (phalangium opilia) preening herself. Note the hitchhiker on one of her legs! Harvestmen are not spiders, but do come from the same arachnid family.

Notions 51 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

A Greenbottle (neomyia cornicina) investigating the corpse of a Flesh Fly (sarcophaga carnaria).

Notions 50 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

This 'Jumping Spider' wasn't too keen to have its portrait taken, and is just about to spring up and spread-eagle itself across my lens.

Notions 49 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Meadow Grasshopper ( l. chorthippus parallelus), handicapped, with only one rear leg, but still game!

Notions 48 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Flesh Fly (l. sarcophaga carnaria).

Notions 47 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

A cat had got at this Oriental Cockroach (l. blatta orientalis), and took fright as I came to investigate.

Notions 46 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Mediterranean Flat-headed Wood-borer (l. capnodis tenebrionis).

Notions 45 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Meadow Grasshopper (l. chorthippus parallelus).

Notions 44 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Notions 43 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Daddy Long Legs is the common name for the Crane Fly (l. tipulidae oleracea).

Notions 42 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

House fly couple mating ( l. musca domestica).

Notions 41 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Snail laying eggs.

Notions 40 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Flying Ant.

Notions 39 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Praying Mantis (l. mantis religiosa)

Places 37 - The Beydaği Mountains.

Faces 61 - We Live Here: Antalya school kids.

Faces 62 - We Live Here: Antalya school kids.

Notions 38 - Nature: Portraits from a world taken for granted.

Nosed Grasshopper (l. acrida hungarica).

Places 36 - The Necropolis at Olympos.

This second century AD tomb of Aurelius Artemias' family is dedicated to the goddess, Alcestis (or Alkestis). The worn reliefs of the figure of Nike sit on each of the four corners, the figure of Eros and garlands of flowers are seen representing the four seasons. Artemias and her husband can be seen saying their farewells before entering the afterlife, and a club bearing Hercules is also represented standing beside a veiled Alcestis.

Faces 60 - Holloween.

Faces 59 - Celebrating the Republic.

The Poinsettia plant is known in modern Turkey as 'Ataturk Cicegi', or Ataturk's Flower (Mustapha Kemal Ataturk being the founder of the modern Turkish Republic).

Faces 58 - Celebrating the Republic.

Yesterday, 29th October 2009.