joy
distilled
among the trees
where we race
in the spirit
of fun
raise our smiles
to the morning sun
offering
the angel’s share
to the heavens
getting the balance
right
in casks of light
where love deepens
with age
souls stay
young
forever
© Xenia Tran
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, setting: Action, 1/800 s.
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Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
I like the ideas of love deepening with age and offering the angels’ share of our smiles to heaven.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Frank :o)
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‘Joy distilled’ is a beautiful use of the prompt…as is the whole poem… I’m very taken by the ‘casks of light’
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Thank you for your kind words Janice :o) xxx
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Love the casks of light in which love ages… great image!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Rajani :o) xxx
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Oh this is delighfully playful amd much more subtle than my spirited effort. Well played
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Thank you Paul, I very much enjoyed your take on it too 😉
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Ahh… so moving and beautiful. 🙂 xxx
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Thank you Amy ☺💖 xxx
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Loving the joy diSTILLed in this.
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Thank you so much Victoria :o) xxx
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So true! Inside, I feel as young as ever. A look in the mirror tells me otherwise 😉
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Thank you Laurie, how you feel inside is the main thing, guided by that ageless feeling of the soul :o)
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That’s so beautiful, Xenia ❤ Your words always move me. Thank you xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Cathy and much love to you and Finn xxx
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Thank you and much love back xxx
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Thank you Cathy xxx
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Beautiful words and photographs 🌹
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Thank you for your kind words Elaine ☺💖 xxx
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Joy distilled… what a wonderful moment to be there with your friends.
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Thank you Bjorn, it sure is ☺
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Such an uplifting and joyous feeling to your words and images, Xenia. ❤
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Thank you Olga ☺💜 xxx
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I love how you captured that moment of joy ~ Be young at heart forever ~
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Thank you Grace ~ smiles ~ 💜 xxx
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Lovely. I think our souls do stay young forever. I visit a nursing home and was talking to a lady who had just turned 100 and was bedridden. She told me “I don’t feel old.” and I knew exactly what she meant. Her body was worn out, but her spirit was still young.
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Thank you for your kind words and for sharing this beautiful story. My maternal grandmother lived until she was nearly 101 years old and her spirit was as vibrant as ever :o) xxx
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Oh this is absolutely fantastic!!❤️
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Thank you so much Sanaa 💖 xxx
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Very inspirational; love and emotion echoes with every word. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words E.C. :0) xxx
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SMiLes mY
fRiEnd.. tHeRe
aRe no OLd
DoGs..
juSt
HuMans
wHo have
forgotten pAws..:)
OtHeR nOw thaN
thAT NoW Hi Love
aS eYes thAT wHo
DanCE and SinG HiGheR.. FriEnD.. Xenia..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD Fred, smiles across the miles for you and your art from the heART ☺💖 xxx
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To you as
WeLL mY
FriEnd
fARThEr
As heART..:)
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☺🙋💜 xxx
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:)!!!
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Always great pictures…and I love your poems!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Helen ☺💜
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