Dawn opens her door and pours her warm on weathered sands. We are free to bounce and pounce, catch balls that spin and fly towards the sky with all the colours of a new day.
frost melts
our buddha in the garden
smiles again
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a very 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: f/2.8, 1/500 s, ISO 250.
This poem features in Sharing Our Horizon. If you haven’t read the book yet, feel free to take a peek inside:
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #16 – Freedom
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Weathered
dVerse Poets Quadrille #48 – Bounce
We are deeply honoured and delighted that the above haiku has subsequently been featured as part of the World Haiku Series 2019 organised by the Akita International Haiku Network, together with a Japanese translation by Hidenori Hiruta.
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
Love to see Eivor and Pearl having fun 💖 🐕 Beautiful haibun too 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Cathy, hope you are having a great day too! 😃💨💖 xxx
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Thank you 🙂 xxx
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #13: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun for my current #Haikai challenge!
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Thank you so much for the reblog Frank!☺🙋♀️
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Pleasure’s all mine, Xenia! 🙂
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They might still have their coats on, but they look like they’ve caught a whiff of Spring in the air! xx 🙂
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Thank you Annabelle! We had a few mild nights and the sand had softened above the tidal line which was great for zoomies 😉💨 The wind chill still gives a cold feeling but the beach has been defrosted! ☺💖🐕 xxx
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A happy and healthy week to you too!
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Thank you dear Anne, much love to you and Biasini! ☺💖🐎 xxx
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Xenia, I love that haiku, especially. And the freedom these words bring.
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Thank you so much for your kind words De and for hosting this lovely prompt! :o) xxx
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Love the happiness here… I think dogs have an affinity for bouncing… and that’s a good thing
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Thank you Björn, Pearl pogo bounces through the hallway before we go out the door! ;o)
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Dogs and balls, bouncing away. Lovely.
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Thank you Sarah :o) xxx
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To be free to bounce and pounce is every dog’s dream. 🙂
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Thank you Linda! :o) xxx
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Oh this is so wonderful. I love to see Eivor and Pearl doing zoomies and having fun. The freedom and joy in this is so evident. Hugs to all three of you.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Toni and hugs to you from all of us here :o) xxx
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Taken in by the personifying of dawn, but really grinned over your line breaks on the Haiku! Clever and delightful writing.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jilly! :o) xxx
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Beautiful beach! Dogs will chase a bouncing ball forever! Nice post.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Dwight! :o)
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Joyful!
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Thank you Beverly! :o) xxx
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Dogs are such an inspiration
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Thank you Patricia, they truly are ☺💖🐕 xxx
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They always have so much fun. Do they share their balls, or is the pink one Pearl’s and the green one Eivor’s?
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Thank you Vicky, Pearl usually catches the pink ball and Eivor the green one and sometimes they swap. They share all their toys at home and it is the same when they are out 😉💨🐕 xxx
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It’s nice that they share, but funny that they do have their favorites, it sounds like. Hope you find a nice place to romp today.
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Thank you Vicky, hope you and Tippy find a nice place too! 😉🐾🐾 xxx
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We’re boring and usually go the same route.
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😉👍 xxx
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Joyful response to the prompt, Xenia, Eivor and Pearl. Watching our dogs live life fully is so uplifting, isn’t it?
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Thank you for your kind words Victoria, it is truly uplifting!😃 Much love to you and yours 💖🐕 xxx
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Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous write❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you Sanaa! ☺💖 xxx
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I like the part about the buddha smiling again.
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Thank you Frank!☺🙋♀️
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love the coats. Dogs on a beach with me and ball is my kind of heaven
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Thank you so much for your kind words Noellie, it is a blissful place to be! 😉🐾🐾
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most definitely is!
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Such positivity in this post. Love your pups
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Thank you so much for your kind words Lisa! ☺💖
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Wow. I never thought about combining a quadrille with a haibun form. Well done.
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Thank you Maria, it is fun to do! 😉💖 xxx
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Really like the rhyme of pounce to the prompt of bounce. Brings extra spirit to your piece. Well done!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jo-Anne! ☺💖
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The bounce is such a bright pink, you can’t possible lose that ball, Xenia! Eivor and Pearl look smart in their matching outfits, and they are having so much fun! I love that opening sentence and the smiling buddha in the garden.
Have a great week, Xenia! 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim, we wish you a funtastic week too! 😃💖 xxx
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What a delightful sight, seeing Pearl and Eivor enjoying life on the beach. ❤ 🙂 x
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Thank you for your kind words dear Hanne, they were having so much fun! ;o) xxx
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Love the haiku, melt that ice even in the most frigid weather! Buddha is always there to smile. 🙂
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Haha, thank you Sherif!☺🙋♀️
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Your welcome 🙂
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Beautiful haibun, Xenia, and your words remind me that up north my garden Buddha is likely hidden by fallen snow, only to emerge in the sun by the time I return.
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Thank you Shielagh, your buddha will be smiling too! :o) xxx
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