Weekly Photo Challenge: Textures

Eilean Donan Castle

 

Blue whippet looking across the water at Eilean Donan Castle

 

seaweed drapes her dreams
around stones in sunlight
the heart remembers

© Xenia Tran

 

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Eilean Donan Castle

Thank you all for your good wishes, we have enjoyed our little blogging break and visited Eilean Donan Castle on our way to the west. More photographs from this beautiful castle will follow.

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, settings: iA, 1/400 s and Landscape, 1/200 s.

 

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Author: whippetwisdom

The stories, poems and photographs on this blog are the original creative work of Xenia Tran. Inspired by life in the Scottish Highlands and in awe of nature she gives voice to the wisdom of her adopted and fostered whippets.

61 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Textures”

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words E.C., we had a very relaxing time and it is lovely to be back. We hope you had a lovely week too and wish you a very happy August :o) xxx

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words and Angel Hugs Betty! We had a very relaxing time and it is lovely to be back. We hope you had a wonderful week too and send you lots of love and Blessings :o) xxx

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  7. Wonderfully evocative images, Xenia 💗I especially love the one of Pearl gazing out towards the castle 🙂 Glad you enjoyed your break. Looking forward to more lovely photos xxx

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    1. Thank you for your kind words Cathy :o) Pearl was a lot more interested in this castle than in Castle Tioram (the castle that Eivor could not stop looking at) and she gazed at it from several angles. We had a very relaxing break and it is lovely to be back. Hope you had a wonderful week too and much love to you and Finn :o) xxx

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    1. Thank you Amy, it is lovely to be back. The last time we visited this castle was more than nine years ago and it was great to see it again. We hope you had a wonderful too and much love to you from all of us here :o) xxx

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  11. Lovely post. The castle and Pearl are awesome. I have to admit I didn’t know you were on a hiatus, because I am soooooo far behind on reading my posts. Glad you had a relaxing vacation.

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words!💜 We took a week off to enjoy the fine weather and had a very relaxing time 🌞🐕 We hope you had a great week too and much love to you and Tippy ☺💖 xxx

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words and your love Helen 💜 We are so blessed with all this beauty around us and there is some magic in every moment here. We hope you had a great week too and send lots of love your way ☺💖 xxx

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    1. Thank you for your kind words Kim, the light created a dream-like scene and the haiku flowed from there. I hope you had a wonderful time with your daughter and much love from all of us here ☺💖 xxx

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  15. Bridge to Island.. Castle
    Stones wrapped with
    Seaweed
    Nautical
    Memories
    Life SpRings
    sMiLes aGaiN for
    Both Dog and Human
    BeinGs.. sMiLes my FriEnd..
    i too.. recently Find a Bridge like
    this WiTh NaTuRe too.. Core
    oF BEinG BRinGs
    NATuRe’s
    DreAMs
    BacKNoW
    oF LigHT
    LiVinG
    Yes.. Nice to see
    you.. aGain.. mY friEnd.. Xenia..:)

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    1. Thank you my FRiEnD, so nice to be back and see you again🙋 Bridges with Nature are such a blessing in connecting LiGht with heArt. Sending you sMiles across the miles and much love to you, Katrina and Yellow Boy too ☺💖 xxx

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      1. “It gives you a very special connection knowing your ancestors had a castle here and part of your DNA will remember what it looked like back in those days. Imagination and deep cellular memories often intertwine.” -Xenia Tran

        SMiLES.. mY fRiEnd Xenia.. aGaiN.. Gonna
        Save your Words of Both Wisdom
        and Science And Beauty
        heaR.. trUe We
        are not
        ‘tabula
        rasa’
        for We
        hOld the
        Beauty and
        Wisdom of Star Burst
        Crucible Fire Death
        Resurrection
        Sentient
        PLuS
        uS
        STiLL in the
        Memory and much
        Greater potential
        of the Star DNA we are
        and of course before i could
        Speak at 3 three looking aCross
        the River aLL to FoResT wHoLe as a late word bloomer
        at age 4.. i fELt and sensed this intuitively in the eternity
        of now
        that
        STiLL
        iS NoW
        As BlanKeT
        oF Creation and
        Existence wHOle
        iN every HuMaN
        eYe that awakes in the
        Memory of the Inheritance
        of Star LiGHT LiFE ALLnOW..
        TrUE
        aKa
        LOVE..
        And A GreaTesT
        LiGht oF aLL is We CaN and WiLL
        MaKe LoVe GroW even more for
        We Star DuST ChiLdReN LiGhT uP Greater than
        a Sun
        or
        Moon…
        WitH eYes..:)

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  16. I really like your haiku Xenia and the way the dog is looking at the castle. The words and image go really well together. (btw. I got another “On the Road” prompt up after all. Your support really helped me focus my intention. Thank you – Suzanne). I look forward to seeing more photos of castles. Some of my distant ancestors had a castle in Scotland. I always imagine it looks something like the one you have photographed but I think the reality is it’s just a pile of stones.

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words Suzanne 💜 It gives you a very special connection knowing your ancestors had a castle here and part of your DNA will remember what it looked like back in those days. Imagination and deep cellular memories often intertwine. I am delighted you are continuing with your On The Road prompts, they are such a lovely idea! ☺💖 xxx

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