The beach is quiet today. It is quiet after the storms. There is a soft bounce in the sand where my toes land in a canter. Small mounds of kick-back leave a trail behind me. Every turn I take leaves a memory until the sea wipes it away again at high tide.
every second
the colours of a new day
in the sand
© Xenia Tran
There is new driftwood on the beach. Washed down by the river and left here by the sea their roots now face the sky. The smells from forests and hills have followed. Sometimes in the distance, we hear a chainsaw when people cut off bigger branches. There is enough time for the wood to dry and keep us warm in Winter.
above the waves
the call of whooper swans
october wind
© Xenia Tran
The beach is quiet today. The sun feels warm now the wind has gone and it is so nice to close our eyes and hear the music. Gulls are waiting for the tide to turn and preen their feathers. We open our eyes and exhale. After the rains in the West it is good to walk and breathe in the sea air.
wet sand stays
where soft sand blows
an autumn leaf
© Xenia Tran
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, settings: iA, 1/160 s and Action, 1/400 s and 1/600 s.
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Carpe Diem #1272 – October (Robert Frost)
Carpe Diem #1276 – Tranquil
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It always looks so beautiful where you are ❤ Are you based in the east? The west seems to get the worst of the weather 😉 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Cathy 💜 We live on the Moray Coast in the North/North-East which has its own micro-climate. We had a short break in the West recently which was very very wet☔ and it is nice to be home in the dry again. The scenery in the West is amazing and it gets a lot more rain than the East. When the days are longer we sometimes do it in a day trip if the weather forecast is good! 😉💖 xxx
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Yes, it was extremely wet when we visited recently too. We went across to the east to St Andrews one day to have a break from the rain 😄 I keep telling my husband we have to move east – Wales is just as bad! I do want to go further north though, to Skye and Inverness. Maybe next year 🙂 xxx
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Oh dear, so glad you got a break from the rain in St Andrews! Inverness is a lovely city and Skye is meant to be beautiful – we have not been there yet and it is on our list too! 😉💖 xxx
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So very, very lovely and evocative.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Laurie ☺💖 xxx
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Lovely. Makes me want to pile in my car and find a BEACH!!
(Also makes me want a dog, but my cats say absolutely not! sigh…)
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kathie 💜 If your local dog shelter is looking for volunteers to walk the dogs you can make some dogs very happy without upsetting the cats 😉💖 xxx
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Beautiful words and images, Xenia. I’m glad it warmed up a bit so the jackets can stay home. 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words Liesbet, we are very glad we can leave the coats at home too! 😉💖 xxx
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Stunning photos and beautiful words.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim ☺💖 xxx
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #5: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun!
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Thank you so much for the reblog Frank! ☺🙋
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My pleasure, Xenia!
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Wonderful post! Love those foot prints and the driftwood is fantastic!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Frank ☺🙋
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Beautiful…💕
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Thank you dear friends ☺🙋💖 xxx
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Beautiful. The seaside is lovely at any mood and weather and you capture it perfectly. Thank you!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Na’ama :o)
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Wonderfully crafted haibun Xenia. Could have been written for todays prompt “tranquil”. That’s what I sense in your haibun “tranquility” serene scene … and your photos are awesome.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kristjaan. I had not seen your ‘tranquil’ prompt yet and you are right, it would fit very well. I will link it up to this prompt in a minute :o) xxx
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Nicely done … thank you for sharing it to tranquil too.
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Thank you and you are very welcome ☺🙋
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Lovely photos, Xenia. I particularly loved the line in your first haibun, “Small mounts of kick-back leave a trail behind me.” Great image even beyond the photos.
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Thank you so much for your kind words LuAnne ☺💖 xxx
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I love the circularity of your haibun, Xenia: starting and ending with ‘The beach is quiet today’ enfolds me in a blanket of calm. There are some wonderful phrases throughout, which give it movement, such as ‘soft bounce in the sand’, and bring it to life, as in:
‘the colours of a new day
in the sand’.
There is also sound in the chainsaw and the whooper swans. I feel as if I am walking with you and the whippets on the beach. More please!
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Thank you for your kind words Kim and so lovely to have you walking with us here today!😉 It was blissfully quiet on the beach even though the caravan parks and holiday cottages are full for the school holidays ☺💖 xxx
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Is it already half term in Scotland?
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Yes, from 7th October until 22nd ☺💖 xxx
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Ours starts on 23rd October and they go back to school on 30th October. I won’t tell them – they might all move to Scotland!
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😅😅👍 xxx
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A very relaxing read. I enjoy your references to wet sand and soft sand…the close observation implied
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Thank you so much for your kind words Janice ☺💖 xxx
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How odd. Moray, is it? I was just rereading my family crest, family name history. Guess where my early ancestors of my name and its variations came from? Morayshire. Could it be?
Anyway, lovely photo essay and haikus. Well done.
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Thank you for your kind words Herb and what a small world! Morayshire is the county next to us and we often walk there too ☺🌲🐕
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A Grain
Two Grains
Healing Water
Holds Hands with Sand
as Silt comes next to
Soften Sun Burnt
Bleached Stretch
Beach Scorched
Before Life Rains
Come now more
Next.. in Beauty Ease…
Columbus Day Exploring
Hard Heeled Shoes Come
Shore Stamping Out Wild
Wind
Birds
Dance
Songs
in Human
eYes oF Free
Chains Love No
Longer Naked
Clouds Float
BaLanCinG
GonE skeYes
RaiNS TeaRS DARk..
Human Storms come
Human Storms go.. Dogs
Reign Kind Leaves Left Springs
Fall Winters Summer Dreams CoMe aGaiN
BacK aS eYeS Dog Love Fur Free Be Now More..
SMiLes.. mY FriEnd Xenia.. Poetry As Is NoW Holy
And Sacred Words iN Meaning and Purpose
oF Life that two or more people share in
Understanding a Consensual
Reality of Existential
Intelligence more..
Oral Tradition
First in
Vowels
that Sing
the Music
of Vocal Chords
Extending to Musical
Instruments BRinGinG
FeeLinGs and SeNses more..
Lyrics of SouL Notes in Words
in Every Color of Love and Reds
in Struggle and Passion more
Dancing too without words..
BeYonD iNfiNiTy Symbols
Changing Music
Depth
Beyond
Time of Being
Human Now Ocean
Souls ToGeTHeR SaiLs
Never Ending Force oF LoVE HiGHeR LiGHT..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD for those beautiful words of Light! 💜🌞 I will swing by to read A SaVaNT oF LoVE over the next few days and wish you, Katrina and Yellow Boy a wonderful weekend too ☺💖 xxx
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WeLL one more Sing and this Dance
Ends a second way of
poetic responses
Flowing sea now
as communication
comes in symbols
more and off to the
Ocean of Human Made
Emoticons for Humans will
Naturally Create Symbols out
of the Environment whether created
or used from before to communicate socially
and reciprocally even more.. Sad it is though now
When new symbols are locked away from BeinG Creating
iN Moving Connecting MorEliGHT to share win symbols now..:)
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Thank you my FRiEnD and sending you another wave of sMiles across the miles and Ocean of Light, wishing you a wonderful time in the fresh air too ☺🙋🌳🌞💖 xxx
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🌊💦💧🎡🎇🌌🏖
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“Sun within
into the sea
happy shifting sands”
-Xenia Tran
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Thank you my FRiEnD, that works really well! 😉🙋💖 xxx
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SMiLes mY FriEnd NoW
the (A) More i become
Love as Far as Positive
Only Energy Flows
A (The) More
aLL Fits
toGeTHeR
as Rhyme that
never ends in Holy
and Sacred Purpose
and Meaning More
as Evolving
Spiral
oF LiVinG FreE.. NoW..
sAdly.. so much stress
in modern cultures takes
that ability away to see such
A Masterpiece in Paint of God
we are as brush and paint and
Master Peace same with
so many
DeLiGHTFuL
Strokes from
Abyss DArK
Through SHaDes
oF Grey BeYonD RainBoW
CoLoRs MorE aS TRuLY A WiZarD oF oZ iS ReaL..
A Place NoWwHeRE Curtains No Longer Cover MaGiC NoW..
wHeRE
YeS..
tHe
PoT oF GOld iS LoVE..:)
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So very true my FRiEnD and it is a blessing to know and share this PoT oF GOld forever more ☺💜🌞🐕💖 xxx
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🏖True no
Place like
Home..:)
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Great photos once again. I especially like the final one.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Donna and we wish you a wonderful weekend ☺💖 xxx
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Beautiful pictures as always! And so nicely written too.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Anita ☺💖 xxx
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I liked the photo of the partially buried tree. It is good that you can still use them for firewood.
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Thank you Frank, many people collect the smaller branches for kindling too ☺
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Beautiful words and photos. I spend a lot of time on the beach too, with my lurcher. It’s ever changing, but for us summer approaches!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jules and how lovely to hear you have a lurcher! Our first rescue dog was a lurcher and he still lives on inside our hearts. All our dogs have loved and love the beach and it is such a fabulous place to walk them. Enjoy your approaching Summer! ☺💖 xxx
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Beautifully done as usual. This post is one of my favorites! Love the pictures and the perspective you use. Jealous of how beautifully your words flow.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Dolores 💜 I was able to meditate for a while on the beach and the haiku had already found me before I got home and wrote the prose. I love it when that happens – the complete silence before the words is so peaceful too ☺💖 xxx
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Nice, I really like the two close-up sand shots.
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Thank you Amy! ☺🙋 xxx
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Incredible images Xenia and a wonderful haiku to strengthen the message
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Thank you so much for your kind words Denis and a big pat for Maggie too ☺🐾🐾
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Poetically beautiful, Xenia. 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Amy ☺💖 xxx
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xxx 💖
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I love this!❤️ Beautifully written! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sanaa :o) xxx
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What a lovely walk on the beach you describe… it’s really nice to see the change of seasons in your words and pictures.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Björn. I really enjoy capturing these moments with images and words just to let them last a little longer. Life is flying by so fast ;o)
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Just wonderful Xenia! I love your walks with Pearl and Eivor so very much. I love the haiku and haibun about the leaf in the sand.
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Thank you for your kind words Toni and for joining us here on our walks :o) xxx
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What a lovely series of haibun, Xenia, and I love the photos that you take. I love driftwood and would be thrilled if I came across a pile of it on the beach! I particularly loved your photo of that lone autumn leaf partially covered in the sand. xo
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Thank you so much for your kind words Gayle. We get a lot of driftwood on our beaches at this time of year and we only see leaves when the storms have come from the south, which is rare :o) xxx
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Well then that leaf is even more cool to have as a photo isn’t it? 🙂 xo
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Definitely! :o) xxx
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The pictures you paint are sheer beauty.
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Thank you Jane :o) xxx
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I love the way you observe afresh each day the wonders of the beach – and it feels new every time!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Marina. We walk on this beach year after year, through all the seasons and it looks different every time! :o) xxx
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Each one has a feeling of beautiful nostalgia – well done 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Candy :o) xxx
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Once again Nature sings through the writing and the pictures. Beautiful.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Paul :o)
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So good – your photos and words transport me onto that ever-changing beach – and those fantastic dogs. Bravo.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Peter 🤗
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Beautiful ode to nature. If i could read with my eyes closed….that’s how your words should be read.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Vivian, it would be fun if we could read like that! 😉💖 xxx
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