a familiar song
echoes between these stones,
these roots of trees
sounds of laughter
curl between these cairns,
the shoots of spring grass
this music of life
stretches with delight
across the muddy meadow
nature tunes
this grateful dance,
the joy in my heart
© Xenia Tran
Happy Monday dear friends, we wish you all a wonderful new week!
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, settings: iA, 1/200 s and Action, 1/800 s.
dVerse Poets Quadrille #33: Sound Off!
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Heritage
Daily Prompt: Radiate
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
Piled stones, a running dog, the music of life. Such a lovely way to start the week.
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Thank you dear Laurie and we wish you and Cliff a very happy new week!☺💖 xxx
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Well, hello Eivor!
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Well hello dear Lois!😎💕 xxx
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Happy Monday to you too! Beautifully worded quadrille ❤ and Eivor certainly looks joyful 🙂 Hope your week is off to a good start xxx
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Thank you Cathy, Eivor was really enjoying himself!😉 🐾🐾 The week has started warm and sunny here, hope you are off to a good start too! Much love to you and Finn 💖 xxx
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Thank you 🙂 Warm and sunny here too. Much love back xxx
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Brilliant! Thank you Cathy :o) xxx
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Happy Monday to you all 💕 love the photo of the stones and Eivor too of course, beautiful words too 😺💕xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Samantha and a very happy Monday to you too! :o) xxx
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LOVE the photos, love the shoots of spring grass. Wonderful sounds of spring and your dog is absolutely prancing, dancing the joy you are writing about! He looks absolutely delerious with happiness! 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words Lillian, the fresh shoots are so bright and green just now and the dogs are so full of the joys now winter has really gone :o) xxx
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This is a wonderful and happy moment
those are the best.
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Thank you Björn, we have to treasure these :o)
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Absolutely stunning, Xenia. You impart such a wonderful sense of place in this. I want to be there.
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Thank you so much Victoria, it is a wonderful place to be and you would love it :o) xxx
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I love the music of life from the many gifts from nature ~ Lovely share ~
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Thank you for your kind words Grace :o) xxx
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Just so lovely. Sigh.
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Thank you De :o) xxx
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Beautiful word, comforting and inspiring! 🙂 🙂
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Thank you so much Amy, wishing you a wonderful new week! :o) xxx
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🙂 xxx
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Music Medicine.
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Thank you Paul ;o)
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Whippets, rocks and trees – what a great start to the week, Xenia! I hope it continues like that! 🙂 xxx
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Thank you Kim, here’s hoping!😉 Wishing you a wonderful week too 💖 xxx
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This is absolutely stunning 😀 I felt like I was there! ❤️
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sanaa 💖 xxx
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I love these:
“a familiar song
echoes between these stones”
“sounds of laughter
curl between these cairns”
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Thank you Jericho 💖 xxx
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Lovely.
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Thank you Buddah ☺
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The spring laughter of nature does bring joy to the heart. Lovely quadrille. And of course the whippet running full speed towards me in the picture made me smile. 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words Linda, we are all so happy Spring is truly here now ☺💖 xxx
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Lovely poem, Xenia, and the photo of the cairns and roots is beautiful. Best to you and the dogs!
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Thank you for your kind words Shielagh and we wish you a blessed new week :o) xxx
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What a beautiful melody. I especially like the last line,”nature tunes this grateful dance, the joy in my heart”. It sounds like Spring has sprung in full
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Thank you for your kind words Walter and yes, Spring has sprung in full in the glens and lower hills ;o)
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Such peace and joy is present in your lovely presentation, Xenia…just beautiful.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Gayle :o) xxx
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A wonderful poem 🙂 a dog’s smile is so beautiful … I was just thinking about that the other day …
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Thank you for your kind words Janice 💜 We love seeing them smile, even when they have just had a big roll in the mud!😉🐾🐾
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I liked the sound of “music of life
stretches with delight”.
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Thank you Frank :o)
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The music of nature and history, of present and past. Well done. 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words Sascha :o) xxx
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Love this photo of Eivor.
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Thank you LuAnne ☺🐾🐾
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WorDs made for Poetry
LaBeLs made for things
heART made for Words
LiVinG
one
Tree..
DancE..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD, here’s to LIVing one Tree DancE 😁💃🌲
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A Toast to Tree oF LiFe
SprReading LEaves of
LiVinG
SAnd
ChALiCe
LoVe oF gRains..:)
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A great Toast my FRiEnD ☺🙋💜🌿
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:)!!
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A lifting quadrille to match Eivor’s enthusiasm. Is that an art work or something spiritual Xenia?
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Thank you Denis, people make these cairns on the dry part of the river bed (and on some of our beaches) as a temporary work of art and for meditation 💜
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What an uplifting piece, Xenia. 🙂
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Thank you Imelda! :o) xxx
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The music of life can be wondrous. I felt the love, Xenia. ❤
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Thank you Olga, so lovely you can feel it! 💃🎶💜
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oh nature sounds delights me too – this was lovely
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Thank you for your kind words Gina ☺💜
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