a warm August tale
wanders through
the Highlands –
‘twenty-two degrees
and rising,’
she sings
‘shimmer in the bliss
of this!’
we pluck
the joy from the skies
with all the reverie
a grateful heart
can hold
before Autumn
unfolds
her canvas
with new gold
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week!
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
dVerse Poets Quadrille #39: Bliss
Daily Prompt: Homage
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Corner
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
The pictures and words are absolutely perfect. Farewell summer! Welcome, autumn.
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Thank you Laurie, Summer has left us one more gift today – 22C is very warm for Northern Scotland ;o) xxx
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Thats really lovely. Great weather we are having
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Thank you Bella, August is being so kind this year! :o) xxx
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Beautifully expressed. 💖💓xxx
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Thank you Amy :o) xxx
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Lovely quadrille and photos to compliment your words 🙂 Hope you’re having a good start to the week. Much love 💖 xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Cathy, we have been blessed with another beautiful and warm day. Hope you are having a great start to the week too and much love to you and Finn :o) xxx
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Thank you 🙂 xxx
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Beautifully written and the pictures of your amazing dogs are always so beautiful. Here in Malta, summer stays a little longer 33+
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Thank you so much for your kind words Anita and lovely to hear Summer will stay a little longer in Malta – 33+ sounds wonderful! :o) xxx
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Here it seems that summer is gone, being replaced by crisp air… as if autumn coming early. Love the bliss you shared.
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Thank you Björn, friends throughout Europe have told me Autumn is coming early there too – it feels extra blissful just now as it is usually a few degrees colder here :o)
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Loved it, shimmer in the bliss of this, it was only 17C in the lower parts- Dumfries and Galloway, still jeans and jumper weather…
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Thank you Alison, 17C is still regarded as t-shirts and sandals up here! ;o) xxx
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I have only been back from the winterless north of NZ for 7 months…think I am still getting used to it….. I still enjoyed my weekend- I saw some Ospreys and a deer…
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It sounds like a great weekend going down memory lane with your dad – I was just over at your blog ;o) How wonderful to see osprey and deer too – what a treat! :o) xxx
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Beautiful photos of the beauties and lovely blessings. Wishing you and the beauties a wonderful week.
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Thank you so much for your kind words E.C. and a wonderful week to you too! :o) xxx
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I love the pups with their bright pink ball – now that is bliss! And gifting us with autumn gold – such richness. I can hardly wait for fall. Here in the southern US, we will not get traces of fall for at least until mid-October. I love this poem a lot!
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Thank you Toni, Eivor and Pearl are enjoying the warm weather this month and Autumn seems not far away ☺💖 xxx
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‘shimmer in the bliss
of this!’
I adore this!
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Thank you De! ☺💖 xxx
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Shimmering with joy and bliss ~ Love the imagery of this blessing, before autumn truly comes around ~
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Thank you Grace ☺💖 xxx
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We pluck The Joy from the sky. What a wonderful phrase. It makes me want to go outside and soak in some of the warmth, the sunshine.
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Thank you Victoria, I hope it is still warm where you are too ☺💖 xxx
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Over100 degrees F! High desert, not far from Lake Tahoe. 😅
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That sounds nice and warm Victoria! ☺💜🌞 xxx
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I love this:
“she sings
‘shimmer in the bliss
of this!’”
It totally sounds like something I would sing to my kids. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words ☺💖 xxx
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I especially love the photo of Pearl–like she is walking on water!
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Thank you dear Lois, much love to you all ☺💜🐕 xxx
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What a great way to bid adieu to Summer. Loved the rhyme in it. Soon comes Autumn gold. That’s quite blissful!
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Thank you Walter, such bliss still to come 😄🍁🍂
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A very wonderful poem. I especially love the last stanza.
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Thank you so much for your kind words ☺💜
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“a warm August tale
wanders through
the Highlands –”…..Sooo love this wandering. Reading of the tale seems complete & another canvas of gold is awaiting all…Bissful.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sumana ☺💖 xxx
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Beautiful poem and images Xenia. Keep enjoying those days, the 3 of you while the sun shines.
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Thank you for your kind words Denis, it looks as if the warm weather will stay at least for another week 🌞🐾🐾
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Great photos! Keep clicking!
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Thank you Shibin, I will! 😉
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‘a warm August tale’ could also be a warm August tail, Xenia! Your quadrille is a lovely ode to the Highlands. xxx
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Thank you Kim, the play on words was intentional 😉 I hope you are having a warm tail of Summer too! ☺💜🌞 xxx
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🙂 xxx
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Lovely verses and photos. A few more days of August, how time flies. Yet I welcome autumn and say goodbye to summer.
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Thank you Miriam, this year is flying by so fast! We welcome Autumn too and are hoping for plenty of dry days for walking and hiking ☺💜🌞🍁🍂
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We had another hot day of 98 degree, so we definitely welcome autumn to relieve us! xoxo
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☺💜🙋 xxx
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:-0 😉
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Those last warm days… Yes, that is bliss, Xenia.
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Thank you Sarah :o) xxx
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Oh, to hold onto and cherish as much of summer as we can before autumn comes crashing in. Nice take on bliss.
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Thank you Linda :o) xxx
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I liked the phrase: “shimmer in the bliss”
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Thank you Frank ☺
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..the “seasonal” canvases … each has their own blissful beauty
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Thank you Margaret ☺💖 xxx
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I am taking the second stanza to heart. Lovely piece. 👍
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Thank you for your kind words Imelda 💜
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Ah…the bliss of this!
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Thank you Lynn ☺💖xxx
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Beautiful! Love the photo of Pearl and the reflection of her dainty white paws 😺💕xxx
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Thank you for your kind words Samantha and much love to you all ☺💖🐕 xxx
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C to F Conversions
22 through 72
comfortable
outside
room
temperatures
thank God for Google
translating number
languages
into
words
of understanding
wHeRE Dog Paws kNoW iT aLL..;)
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Thank you my FRiEnD, so happy Google can convert all these measurements that were once one for those without PaWs ;o) xxx
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Dogs with Happy
Feet never
needing measure..:)
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🤗💜🐾🐾
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🌞☄️💥🌝
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Soooo late to the reading! Apologies….grandkids with us Sunday through Wednesday.
ALWAYS love the photos of your dear friends that you use….they just expound joy! And ah yes…the bliss of those last moments of play in the summer….before the trees turn their beautiful colors….I do love the transitioning.
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Thank you for your kind words Lillian – grandkids come first, the poetry will still be here! So glad you had a great time with them and I hope you are enjoying the last plays of Summer too :o) xxx
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