<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:16:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@grindle/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Reflecting on a hotel #smarp REFLECTION HUNTERS CONTEST -  Round 289]]></title><description><![CDATA[A snap of the The Oguzkent Hotel in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, whilst I was taking a leisurely energy sapping stroll when the temperature was just under 100°F. 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Looking like landed flying saucers wonderful examples of gorgeous]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/being-for-the-benefit-of-mr-kite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/being-for-the-benefit-of-mr-kite</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 05:02:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSPxAAJtJefsgMmwx5WpGW6rEzPi5voAw31yf9dyrdVyNN3UDrGisLmJDhUZdDCvfD69XPSc3fDjeNkyerSMGkgyHLnx215nBzE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2hr out 2 hr back, nearly but no cigar. Ashgabat. Turkmenistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[So a walk, 2 hours out 2 hrs back, just follow the lens, things I learnt. 40°centigrade at 11:00am is fucking hot No shade No bars No shops No one seems to walk in Ashgabat The marble white buildings don't]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/2hr-out-2-hr-back-nearly-but-no-cigar-ashgabat-turkmenistan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/2hr-out-2-hr-back-nearly-but-no-cigar-ashgabat-turkmenistan</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSPAzBXiNWBtQBVj7m1t3aYen8bcoP5rb6G7wafxkPmyDiqE3zq6hrGWxYWa4Tj1bsgUJsiwHUUAs5RYCfprtXiwTJC8vuWpFmG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkmenistan here I come, or rather here I went. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Turkmenistan, a difficult country to get into, a stand alone visit, as when I did the other 4 Stans, this was not an option, politics and all that. 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Overton. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Built and consecrated in 1872 on a gentle rise on the banks of the River dee, Overton, Wrexham, with views across open farmland and the distant Berwyn Hills, a quiet peaceful place to live through eternal]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/the-peel-mortuary-chapel--overton</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/the-peel-mortuary-chapel--overton</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153993]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnT1q5YXSHZx8gdebTQPh5H3mzztPbTq9jLNUn6tSJb9ZKw9kh6QoxeNfWijKxcwoniQAHoq5xWfhZpHhY7XvUp1gArKwLzwMAZ4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under Baltic skies. Tripping from Tallinn to Vilnius. 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Vilnius.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So it was beer o'clock, which in all honesty can be anytime! I need refreshment, alas the bar didn't open until 5pm, so it was a case of hanging around on a street corner for awhile...(im)patiently! Promised]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/saviciaus-spunka-vilnius</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/saviciaus-spunka-vilnius</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:25:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSQ8aDyn4J6voudaXD6YHZ6vAFV5Ry2yPA1Mmb2KygCsodhesxXCrS8MDnbfUcd5CkjZG1zBNAvRG3aUZcaHfA4sFPXK7QBPM8J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["I see dead people"  "Where?" "Here" Panteón de San Fernando. CDMX . October 22]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @grindle/i-see-dead-people-where-here-panteon-de-san-fernando-cdmx--october-22 by @grindle.x]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/i-see-dead-people-where-here-panteon-de-san-fernando-cdmx--october-22-hive-153993</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/i-see-dead-people-where-here-panteon-de-san-fernando-cdmx--october-22-hive-153993</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153993]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:08:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jewish Graveyard, Akhaltsikhe. Georgia September 22]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @grindle/the-jewish-graveyard-akhaltsikhe-georgia-september-22 by @grindle.x]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/the-jewish-graveyard-akhaltsikhe-georgia-september-22-hive-153993</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/the-jewish-graveyard-akhaltsikhe-georgia-september-22-hive-153993</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153993]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:02:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travelling, getting educated, Vilnius University]]></title><description><![CDATA[Isn't that what a tasty traveller as opposed to a tacky tourist does? Learn stuff? One is never too old to immerse oneself in subjects of passion (yeah yeah that too, stop tittering and just behave at]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/travelling-getting-educated-vilnius-university</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/travelling-getting-educated-vilnius-university</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSPAzBa4yxHoZ1AbwZJdACNf3oT6n8xWGmAx1Di3f5tvQbQAPh6bqKVdxiEURHEkvoV2jjwJd2tcPbm4ZWfVEH9kTSrwm4rxBeN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vilnius.The church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle and Evangelist. Hedging your bets on imaginary friends .]]></title><description><![CDATA[The church was built in the 13th century, reconstructed in the 16th and 17th centuries. 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(En/Ua)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a cross post of @nadin-zakrevska/dialogue-with-the-cemetery-monomad by @grindle.awesome]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/dialogue-with-the-cemetery-monomad-hive-153993</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/dialogue-with-the-cemetery-monomad-hive-153993</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153993]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:54:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kryžių Kalnas. Lithuania.  Mono with an incey wincey tiny bit of  bit of colour!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soak up the atmosphere as you wind your way up the hill, through an avenue of huge and architecturally magnificent crosses as well as spying smaller more discreet bits and pieces of religious paraphernalia.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/kryziu-kalnas-lithuania-mono-with-an-incey-wincey-tiny-bit-of-bit-of-colour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/kryziu-kalnas-lithuania-mono-with-an-incey-wincey-tiny-bit-of-bit-of-colour</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:19:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSPkWsZivEe1cqcAbPaZRtQTpvfHyTi5jK1yuo6RGhR8mziEvXL4BM97omPiqnbM8qA8yPJDDNY37EiUGX757EuCZticKZasTyp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raganų Kalnas. Lithuania. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raganų Kalnas, the Hill of Witches, can be found in a scenic Fir Valley on the Curonian Spit, near the town of Juodkrantė. It has always been a place shrouded in folklore; in the 19th century, known as]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/raganu-kalnas-lithuania</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/raganu-kalnas-lithuania</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSPBUCW1bhhxnJbbw6mwLzrtvswwjxpgaKoWzsF4DvfKxsCaoH2ANNHRn5frVsGEGuxf2xWCbyBbxAy2umbV1XSBHxDEqvHC29U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the asylum. MOMA Vilnius.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The creator, Jovita Aukštikalnytė-Varkulevičienė has since the turn of the century been volunteering in a psychiatric hospital, giving painting classes to patients and creating a series of sensitive portraits.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/in-the-asylum-moma-vilnius</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/in-the-asylum-moma-vilnius</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-194913]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:36:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSNzyUb53ruV3cewgACjrKaH6HjraJsP6tUqs6iQ2o1XLSwkyKtWGBBPjMQWLReKMQwMr6kfDwBv5yYvBH7UPoGn4apKRZ157Nn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kryžių Kalnas. Lithuania]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a place I have wanted to visit for years; after seeing a programme about it on the telly. I could have stayed here for hours it just struck a nerve, it was so atmospheric. It was just a shame that]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@grindle/kryziu-kalnas-lithuania</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@grindle/kryziu-kalnas-lithuania</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grindle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:23:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqfBuqLAYycxAnSPYcNdnK8RSbW3jzFQn5Nbpy7iHqNtHFS2Zx3xJ4mrgM7ibHzvogXeWbBRR2GG5arVjwKVnkDJaEcWMG3x4hHtAdcxbSpDAJAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marias. And who are these Marias. MMA Vilnius]]></title><description><![CDATA[Created between 2017 and 2019 by Laima Oržekauskienė, one of the most prominent contemporary textile artiste in Lithuania. The installation "Marias. 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