From the moment we arrive in the glen the energy feels different. The walkers we meet have this quiet calm that belongs here. A nod and a smile tell a thousand stories.
The ferns notice every glance before it slips away between the trees and joins the forest. It can rest here with all the other peaceful glances left behind. The trees feel every shimmer that rises from the burn and joins the sky. Each paw print and footstep remembers who left it here. The grass waves in the breeze while we walk on in wonder.
such beauty
following a butterfly
who knows the way
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a happy Monday and 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, 1/100 s and Action, 1/800 s.
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How wonderful. “Each paw print and footstep remembers who left it here. ” I love this. Hugs to you, Eivor, and Pearl.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Toni and thank you for hosting tonight! Hugs to you from all of us here :o) xxx
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❤ ❤ ❤ one for each of you. I love hosting Haibun Monday!
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Thank you Toni :o) xxx
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Oh I do love the sense of quiet in that glen.. each fern, each visitor… a wonderful place and the haiku is gorgeous
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Thank you for your kind words Björn, it was a most blissful walk this morning :o)
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I remember the nods and smiles we used to get in Ireland and sometimes we get them here in Norfolk, too. I love the idea that peaceful glances are left behind in the glen, Xenia, and that ‘each paw print and footstep remembers who left it’ there. I’m walking with you in spirit. 🙂
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Thank you for walking with us in spirit Kim, it is so lovely to walk in places where nods and smiles are all we need :o) xxx
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😊🌞
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I liked the idea in the haiku about the butterfly knowing the way.
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Thank you Frank, we saw so many butterflies it felt as if they were guiding us :o)
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Smiling I am…..following a butterfly who knows the way. Perfect! 🙂
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Thank you Lillian :o) xxx
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Love the haiku ❤ and a wonderful post. It looks very peaceful and beautiful in the glen 🙂 Hope your week has started well. Much love to you all 💖 xxx
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Thank you Cathy, we spent most of the day in the glen today and it was so peaceful :o) Hope your week has started well too and much love to you and Finn :o) xxx
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Thank you 🙂 xxx
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The trees feel every shimmer that rises from the burn- this makes it sound like a Scottish Glen. It was a lovely write and I could even smell that damp ferny glen smell.
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Thank you for your kind words Alison, we live in the Scottish Highlands and were walking in a glen earlier today – so glad you could smell it too! :o) xxx
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I am following that butterfly too ~ A walk into such beauty and calmness, I love it ~
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Thank you Grace ☺💜 xxx
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I really like how you write from the point of view of nature receiving our glances. I often feel something like that when I walk in the bush reserve here. It’s a beautiful idea. Have you heard of the work of Suzanne Simard? She writes about plants communicating with each in a particular locale. The biggest, oldest tree is the mother tree and communicates with all the others through the roots. They talk about soil conditions and the weather I think though I wouldn’t be surprised if some time in the future scientists discover they are also responding to our presence. The book in the 1970s “The Secret Life of Plants” talked about how they respond to music.
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Thank you for your kind words Suzanne and it is lovely that you can feel something similar walking through the bush reserve. I had never heard of Suzanne Simard and her work sounds very interesting – the idea of a mother tree who communicates through her roots makes perfect sense to me. I will check her out and thank you for sharing this here. I do believe trees respond to our presence and we had our first experience of this many years ago when we moved into our old flat in London with a neglected top-heavy elderberry tree in the garden. We had it pruned and a few days later a smiling face appeared in the bark which stayed there all the years we lived there. We loved that tree and it always felt so loving too – it had a wonderful presence ☺💜 xxx
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What a fabulous story. I guess you know the elderberry is a sacred tree in celtic mythology. You must have felt blessed to have such a wonderful tree in your garden. Here’s a link to a Suzanne Simard wikipedia article – it’s a good intro to her work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Simard
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Thank you Suzanne, the tree was a true blessing while we lived there and we hope it was the same for those who lived there after us. Thank you for the link, Suzanne Simard’s work looks very interesting! ☺💖 xxx
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Hi Xenia, you have reminded of how important her work is. I will be working references to it into the mid week On the Road post ( which will be a day late this week due to family stuff). Thank you for tuning me into the idea of writing about connecting to nature and how important it is right now. 🙂
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You are very welcome Suzanne and I look forward to reading your next On The Road post! ☺💖 xxx
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It’s up now – it’s a kind of prompt but a bit different from the usual type.
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Thank you Suzanne, it is a lovely post ☺💜 xxx
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What a beautiful haibun in which you celebrate the beauty of nature, its fragility, its colors … awesome!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kristjaan and for this lovely episode of ‘Writing and Enjoying Haiku’ 💜
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You’re welcome
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They look pretty happy chasing butterflies. The story gave me pause to feel at ease. Those lovely natural settings have a way to embrace us in tranquility
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Thank you for your kind words Mark – ’embracing us in tranquillity’ is a beautiful expression of nature’s unconditional love for us all ☺💜
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😉
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Beautiful prose, poem and images, Xenia. Eivor midgallop looks ecstatic!
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Thank you for your kind words Shielagh, Eivor was so happy and running for joy ☺💜🐾🐾
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…following a butterfly. Gorgeous.
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Thank you Margaret ☺💜
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Such a calm and friendly place, a nod and a smile tells a thousand stories. Those must be pleasant and content stories. Beautiful Haibun and photo, Xenia. Have a nice week!
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Thank you for your kind words Miriam, wishing you a wonderful week too! ☺💖 xxx
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You’re welcome, Xenia! 🙂 🙂
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Serene and green, the glen definitely has different feel from the sea and the lakes. Nature’s face has many different kinds of beauty.
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Thank you Laurie, that is so true. We love all the different kinds of beauty Nature’s face offers us and are very blessed to have so many different walks and trails within easy reach :o) xxx
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My goodness, yes! I am in awe of where you live.
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:o) xxx
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SMiLeS How admiRinGly.. Xenia..
the dogs reMiNd
me tHaT
i saT uPon
A KeyBoard
three days
NoW aLL
misSing
sunsHine beFore
it rains Nature More
coMes firsT iN heARTs PaWs
wHo DancE And SinG iN SanD And SuN..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD, Nature always comes first in heARTs PaWs, even when it rains ;o) xxx
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Hehe.. swooping in for a second
round of words shorter i’m
DanCinG SinGinG for now hehe..
oh yeah..
Hi
Xenia..
after this
i’ll play with
Exclamation points..
or even get creative..
ugh the words are
no longer
shorter
haha.. hehuh..
hehe.. now i fly on..
iN PoeTry Land online..;)
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Thank you for flying by my FRiEnD, enjoy the Dance :o) xxx
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😻👍😻
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:o) xxx
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the story is so spiritual like a zen moment ! Wonderful !
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Thank you so much for your kind words Milan, it did feel like a Zen moment ☺
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yes it is ! welcome !
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To feel nature with our hearts is a wondrous experience of oneness. “Ferns notice every glance,” butterflies lead the way, nature remembers. Beautiful haibun, Xenia. ❤
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Thank you for your kind words Olga, it is such a wonderful experience :o) xxx
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Beautiful images Xenia and beautiful connection to nature through your poetry. Today we met a whippet who would not play chase, I thought of what your pups may have done on meeting Maggie in a dog park..
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Thank you for your kind words Denis – I think Eivor and Pearl would have given Maggie a good chasing and ended up napping the rest of the day! :o)
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Maggie is still young enough to play/nap/run/nap/walk/nap etc from 7.00am to 8.00 pm every day, that is my day!!!
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Oh dear, after a few weeks of that I would either be napping full time or fitter than I have ever been! I hope the fun makes it all worthwhile Denis ☺🐾🐾
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The haiku is magical. 💛
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Thank you Imelda 💜
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