so clear
beneath the sands
your smile
left here by the wind
from a loving brother© Xenia Tran
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, setting: iA.
In response to Carpe Diem #1135: That Moment
Daily Prompt: Simple
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Graceful
dVerse Poets Open Link Night #189
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
A wonderful tanka ! I like so much “your smile
left here by the wind”.
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Thank you for your kind words Virginia xxx
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Ah, that’s so lovely ❤ Much love to you all and to those gone but never forgotten 🐾 🐾 xxx
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Thank you Cathy, much love to you, Finn and to those gone and not forgotten in your life too xxx
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Thank you 💖 xxx
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xxx
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Such focused intensity.
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☺🐾🐾
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Lovely Tanka. And, of course, photos.
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Thank you for your kind words Victoria xxx
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That last photo—I love how Pearl is looking at Eivor.
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Thank you Lois xxx
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I wonder if they can smell sand crabs under the surface. If you have them up there, like they have in California.
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Thank you and yes, they can smell the crabs that are hidden in the soft sands :o)
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A beautiful image Xenia. The caption could read “guess what we can smell”
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Thank you Denis, they could smell the crabs :o)
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As always, beautiful post and pictures of Pearl and Eivor “reading” the sands :)xxx
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Thank you Samantha, much love to you all xxx
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“Left here by the wind” love this so poetic.
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Thank you Birgitta :o) xxx
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The thought if scent being a smile is wonderful
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Thank you Björn :o)
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Beautiful and relaxing.
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Thank you Linda 💖
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Crabs and smiles under the sand. What a wonderful and lovely tanka this is.
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Thank you Toni 💖 xxx
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What a lovely image for such delicate sensitive dogs.
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Thank you Jane 💖
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smile left by the wind.. lovely.
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Thank you Rajani 💖
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Lovely!!❤️
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Thank you Sanaa 💖 xxx
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Love that tanka and photo Xenia ~
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Thank you Grace 💖 xxx
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I like the idea of a smile being left by the wind.
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Thank you Frank ☺
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Smiles on the wind is so beautiful an expression.
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Thank you Paul :o)
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I love it!
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Thank you Rosemary 💖
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Oh, wow. I really like this.
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Thank you Iris 💖
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I wonder if a whippet can tell the difference between the scent of happy or sad. Beautiful tanka.
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Thank you Bryan, they are very good at discerning the scent of different emotions and states of mind ☺
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