seaweed drapes her dreams
around stones in sunlight
the heart remembers
© Xenia Tran
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.
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Textures
Carpe Diem #1231 – Serenity (Mystical Treshold by Intuitive Artist Joan Fullerton)
So glad you are back!
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Thank you dear Lois, we hope you had a great week! :o) xxx
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We missed you!
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Thank you so much, we missed you all too! :o) xxx
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Lovely! 💖💖
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Thank you Kristin! :o) xxx
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Wowsah! It’s the landscape of legends.
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Thank you Laurie, it is a very inspiring place :o) xxx
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A truly royal first post of return. I’m glad your back. I hope you and your beauties blog break was relaxing and refreshing.
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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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Though we missed your daily Blog, hope you had a pleasant time! Angel Hugs to you all and very much Love! 💞
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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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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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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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Thank you 🙂 Much love to you, Pearl and Eivor xxx
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Thank you Cathy ☺💜 xxx
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Welcome back. 🙂 The castle is majestic. So glad you had a great trip! 🙂 xxx
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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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Looking forward to seeing more beautiful photos. xxx 💖💓
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:o) xxx
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The castle looks to be very imposing!
Hank
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Thank you Hank, it has been lovingly restored by a charitable trust and gives a real feel for its place in Scottish history :o)
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Very nice! Love, love, love your website! God bless you for your heart with animals!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jayne :o) xxx
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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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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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Busy week, but a good one. Thank you. Glad you were able to enjoy some great weather and quality time together.
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I love your words, I love your dogs, I love your pictures of my home country. Sending love to you all. xx
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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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😊
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How majestic! Glad you’ve been having a lovely time.
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Thank you Shielagh, we hope you had a good week too! Enjoy the rest of your day and much love from all of us here ☺💖 xxx
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A beautiful view of the castle, Xenia, and I love the way the photo overlaps with the image evoked in the haiku. 🙂 xxx
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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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She doesn’t arrive until Sunday – I can’t wait! 😁🌞💗 xxx
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That is even better! Have a fabulous time! ☺💜💃🌞
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🙂
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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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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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“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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Thank you my FRiEnD Fred, that is so beautiful ☺💖 xxx
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Beauty
Says
What
Sees
Beauty..:)
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☺🙋💜 xxx
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:)!:)
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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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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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I like your explanation of the DNA connection and my cellular memories. That explains a lot.
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☺💜 xxx
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Happy you are back! Love the photos.
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Thank you Sara, it is great to be back and I hope you had a lovely week too! ☺💖 xxx
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Chapeau!
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Merci Kristjaan! ☺💜
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I look forward to seeing the posts on your trip “west” .
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Thank you Anne! ☺💖 xxx
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wish I could pet the velvety texture of those ears!!
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Pearl would love that too! :o) xxx
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Beautiful!
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Thank you Dolores 💜 xxx
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The movement of the dogs against the beauty of the beach … breathtaking!
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Thank you so much! :o)
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