one day of warm
can melt all the snows
seals bask in the sun
calling their pups
watched by a cormorant
on a pole in the river
cast your net to
capture the sounds
follow your gaze
feel nature give poetry
in her making
© 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/6.3, 1/60 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/640 s, ISO 100.
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Variations on a Theme
dVerse Quadrille – Poem One for Me
Thank you, Xenia, for this wonderful Monday treat. Beautiful quadrille and photos! I love seals! I grew up near the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, hearing and seeing seals and sea lions. And cormorants! In New England and elsewhere they call them “shags”. We have their cousins, anhingas, here in Southwest Florida. How hopeful the snow is gone!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Shielagh 💜 So lovely to hear you grew up with the sounds of seals and sea lions – such a treat for a child and a great introduction to wildlife and nature. I had never heard of anhingas before and will check them out. We have had snows a few times this Winter followed by the reprieve of a warm spell – we will enjoy the warm while it is here! We wish you a wonderful new week and much love to you from all of us here ☺💖🐕 xxx
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Have a great week, Xenia. Much love to you, Eivor and Pearl.
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Thank dear Lois, a wonderful week to you too and much love to you and Parker ☺💖🐈 xxx
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feel nature give poetry in her making, beautiful and eloquent, as always.
Thank you, Xenia. 🙂 ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Amy, we wish you a blessed new week ☺💖 xxx
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💖xxx
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That is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing, and have a wonderful week ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear friend, a wonderful week to you too! ☺💖 xxx
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Thank you!
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What a day! Looks like winter has left. Will it return, do you think? Still winter in Maine.
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Thank you dear Laurie, Winter is expected to return next week – we have had a few mild spells between the colder ones and we hope you will soon have a mild one too! ☺💜🌞 xxx
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Yesterday, the temperature rose to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. What crazy, crazy weather.
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Wow, that is warmer than here! We only have 3C here today, -1C in the windchill! 😃💨
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It’s been quite a yo-yo of a winter.
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😁🙋♀️💖 xxx
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There is so much poetry in nature, especially the ocean… loved the cast your net to hear the sounds! So many… like a fisherman separating the catch… Wonderful!
Dwight
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Thank you so much for your kind words Dwight, I love the idea of a fisherman separating the catch! ☺🙋♀️
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I do as well…. inspiration for another poem perhaps!
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Definitely! 🤗🙋♀️
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Nature is my biggest inspiration Xenia. These are stunning photos and beautiful words. Kim xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim, I love the way nature inspires and sparkles in your images and poetry too ☺💖 xxx
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So lovely 💖 and how wonderful to see the seals and cormorants 🙂 A very happy Monday to you all xxx
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Thank you Cathy, it was lovely to see the seals again and they were very vocal!😄🎶 A very happy Monday to you too! 🤗💖 xxx
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Thank you 🙂 xxx
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I do love the sight of the cormorant… it is such contrast to the nature… in dialect in Sweden they are called eel crows
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Thank you Björn, I had not heard that expression before – they sometimes call them sea crows here :o)
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She does give up poetry…I think nature is my number-one among many sources of inspiration.
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Thank you Victoria, she truly does – she often brings out something in us that is beyond words too :o) xxx
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This is so wonderfully heartening ❤️ Yes nature is the best source of inspiration ☺️ of creating fabulous poetry!❤️
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sanaa! :o) xxx
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Oh, I love this title! Nature truly gave you a poem.
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Thank you Candy! ☺💖 xxx
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I enjoyed the recording of observations in nature and love the concept of your blog!! I don’t know that I’ve ever run into a whippet, but they sure are graceful! I’m following you now.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Nan and for following our adventures, lovely to meet you here ☺💖
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Just beautiful. Words and photos, both.
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FaLL SpRing GLint
WiNter
FLashes
DreaMs
PoEtry
Dances Sings
Summer Dog Free..:)
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Thank you, that is beautiful! ☺💜🐕
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😺🌈🕊
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Excellent casting and capturing of sounds.
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Thank you Zander!☺🙋♀️
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Amazing ! the seals basking in the sun. Delightful to see this.
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Thank you Anne, it was lovely to see them bask with those big contented smiles on their faces!☺💖 xxx
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Lots of love to you and Eivor and Pearl! Nature does gift us incredible poems doesn’t it? I love this gorgeous poem, the cormorant, the sounds…💞
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Toni, nature does bring us so many wonderful poems and I enjoy stepping aside and letting her speak. Much love to you too from all of us here 🤗💞💓
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Nature is poetry, and you have captured it perfectly. Marion and Murphy send their love to Eivor and Pearl. ( It’s a dog thing.)
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sara and Eivor and Pearl send big wags to Marion and Murphy too! 🤗💖🐕 xxx
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I like the idea of nature giving poetry. Nice photos.
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Thank you Frank! ☺🙋♀️
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Beautiful poetry in your words and photographs…thanks for sharing your view of the seals! We visited Hawaii and saw 3 monk seals (at a long distance).
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Thank you for your kind words Lynn, how wonderful you saw seals too – they are so lovely and friendly 😄💖 xxx
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This read so nice. I felt I was sitting with you waiting and listening for that next inspiration.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Patricia, more poems will flow from these moments ;o) xxx
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Fresh and clear. Love the natural observations that do indeed create poetic moments.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jo-Anne :o) xxx
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Yes, Xenia, nature itself is a poetry waiting for poets like yourself to set it free. Lovely scene of the ocean and mountain, I could linger and get lost in it!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Miriam, the landscape is very inviting as a place to linger :o) xxx
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We love to go to the beach and watch the ocean as often as possible. 🙂 xox
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You’ve imbued this poem with such a haikai spirit! Well done, Xenia!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Frank ☺💜
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A visit here is always peaceful and uplifting!
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Thank you Beverly! :o) xxx
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The first two lines spoke to me literally and metaphorically….one sunny day can make such a difference. A lovely read, Xenia.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Michelle ☺💖 xxx
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I love the way you guide my gaze, Xenia! Wonderful scenery painted in wonderful words. 🙂 xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim, hope you are keeping warm and well ☺💖 xxx
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Hi Xenia! I got a chest infection on our Silver Wedding trip to Venice. We got back yesterday evening and I’m trying to warm up the house while catching up with everything. The poems are cheering me up! xxx
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Happy Silver Wedding Anniversary Kim!🎉🍾 Hope your infection clears up soon – manuka honey, ginger and a thermal layer often help and there are a lot of quadrilles to enjoy at the bar! 😉💖 xxx
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😁💟🐧 xxx
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Those are the most beautiful poems!
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Thank you Helen! ☺💖 xxx
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nature’s poetry. Isn’t it ever a beauty? 🙂
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Thank you Imelda! 😉💖 xxx
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Beautiful imagery. Love the line ” cast you net to capture the sound.” I’ll press this line between the pages of my heart.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Laura ☺💖
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Reblogged this on Writing down the bones and commented:
Beautiful imagery. Love the line ” cast you net to capture the sound.” I’ll press this line between the pages of my heart.
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Thank you so much for the reblog Laura! ☺💜
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Omg! This is really beautiful..amazing pictures and thoughtful words..❤️
Ps-do read my poems. Your feedback will be highly valued🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words Bani, I will swing by to read in a moment ☺
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Such views do bring out creativity from deep within. Lovely snaps accompanying a great set of thoughts 🙂
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Thank you for your kind words dear Hammad, nature brings us so much joy and inspiration 🙂
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