In early June clouds float across Lochan Deo, the water slightly receding after an un-seasonable warm week. Today, clouds only float in sky. The loch is dry, earth lies parched between stones, curved driftwood.
still waiting
the pine and heather
for rain to fall
© Xenia Tran
The top photograph was taken at the beginning of June (at the start of the heatwave) and the second photograph was taken last week. We have had a little rain since and are hoping for more.
Wishing 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.
Settings: f/4, 1/320 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/1000 s, ISO 200.
dVerse Poets Quadrille #63: Feel the Earth Move
Happy you got rain as well! Here we have had quite good raining and the grass is recovering. However many animals have died. Found a totally dried out little hedgehog a couple of weeks ago. Could not save him, he was too far gone.
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Thank you Ann-Christine, glad to hear you have had good raining! So sorry to hear about the animals and the poor wee hedgehog. We have been putting water bowls in the garden for the birds and passing wildlife and I understand it is difficult to help all the animals that roam in more remote areas – I think everyone is doing the best they can xxx
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Yes, I hope everyone does. I had 7 different bowls and plates with water out in my garden, but food did not work. There are many cat neighbours…
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Lovely haiku.
Hope rain finds you soon.
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Thank you Sandy, we hope so too! 🙂💖💦 xxx
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Oh my goodness! I hope you get some rain soon. Wish we could send you some of ours😉 🌧 xxx
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Thank you Cathy, that would be wonderful! 😁💖💦 xxx
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😄 xxx
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What a devastating drought we’ve had… i hope you will get more rain… we need some too.
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Thank you Björn, here’s praying for more rain for all of us who need it :o)
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May you have rain soon.
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Thank you Frank! :o)
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Lovely words and images. Sending some clouds, hope they find you.
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Thank you dear Rupali, we shall give them a warm welcome! :o) xxx
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Oh my goodness! What a difference between June and now! But the grass is still green. I can just imagine the wonderful scents of pine and heather when the rain does start to fall, breathing their sighs of relief.
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Thank you Kim, we are really looking forward to those lovely scents! :o) xxx
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The weather has been bonkers this year. It probably will continue that way too. It’s not man-made climate change though. Perish the thought!
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Thank you Jane, we have had a few extremes this year, from the Siberian winds to the long Summer heatwave – we may never fully understand the causes with our limited human knowledge ;o) xxx
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No, but we’re getting a better idea all the time 🙂
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Beautiful words and beautiful photos. (And the dog is pretty darn cute, too.) 🙂
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Thank you kindly Maggie 🙂💖
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That’s quite a beautiful haiku — it captures the image and the sense of the season very well. And the accompanying prose is well done too. “curved driftwood”, as an addition to the last line works so well.
-HA
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Thank you so much for your kind words Anmol 🙂
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what arresting images – incredible – but then, extreme is the “new normal” – and we shall continue to pay these incredible prices for it;
wonderful haibun ~ and of course, wishing you some much needed and welcome rain ….
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Thank you kindly Pat, some rain would be most welcome! 🙂💖
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completely understandable …. here, like so many places, too
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This is written with such a loving touch. I love the line the “earth lies parched between stones, curved driftwood. still waiting” so compassionate and clear. And the photographs are shocking.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Victoria 🙂💖
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A worthy haiku!
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Thank you Charley! 🙂
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Beautiful ❤ Coincidently it’s raining here in Kuala Lumpur 😊 sending a little your away.
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Thank you dear Sanaa, that is very kind of you 🙂💖💦 xxx
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Oh, wow, such a contrast. I sincerely hope you see rain again soon.
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Thank you dear Eliza, we hope so too 🙂💖
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We have 55 inches over the average rainfall. I wish we could share some with you all. Hugs you, Eivor, and Pearl
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Thank you dear Toni, that is a lot of rain! Hugs to you too from all of us here 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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It is making hopeful for a rainy/snowy summer. ❤
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🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Too much rain here but then the summer has been unpredictable. Love the parched earth and photos!!!! Gorgeous habiun.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Grace, hope the rain eases a bit where you are 🙂💖 xxx
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Beautifully penned, I can feel the earth thirsty for rain. Hope it arrives soon.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Dorianna 💜
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Oh, my gosh! Hope the rain comes soon. Far too dry.
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Thank you Laurie, we hope so too! 🙂💖💦 xxx
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As the earth gets warmer and dryer, waiting for rain is what we all do. While the eastern part of the US gets rain the West burns!
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Thank you Dwight, we have similar divisions here, although it is the West that is wet while here in the East it often stays dry 🙂
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Beautiful haibun. Wishing you rain…and us too.
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Thank you dear Sascha, wishing rain for all of us who need it 🙂💖💦 xxx
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It looks like a very peaceful place. I appreciate seeing two photos from different times, but at the same place. It’s interesting to see how nature changes through the year, or even between only a few months.
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Thank you so much for your kind words, it was a big change for this area 🙂🌲💦
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Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience.
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My pleasure! :o)
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So evocative and immediate, Xenia! Wonderful write!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Frank! 🙂🙋♀️
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My pleasure, Xenia! 🙂
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Doing a rain dance for you. Between floods, drought, and wildfires, it feels like the end of time.
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Thank you Sara, here’s hoping for the earth’s recovery when we all do what we can to help her xxx
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I love that you wrote a Quadrille Haibun. It’s perfect for the topic. Where there is a scarcity of rain, you’ve written with a scarcity of words, and yet said so much.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Linda 🙂💖 xxx
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So Far Absent From
Hurricanes as really
Big ones
Advance
to Coasts
in Pacific Ways
More and Even Though
Dog Days are chased away
Voluntarily.. the Heat and
Humidity at night
even close
to
Midnight
Will Make Grown
Men Sweat Waiting in Line
Outside
to
Cool
Dance Within
As Lines continue to Heat and
Grow Longer For A Joy of Dance..:)
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Thank you Fred, hope everyone stays safe and that the big Pacific hurricanes weaken further before landfall 💜🍀
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Yes.. Mother Nature
Is wielding her tools
Of Balance where
Humans do need
Best Wishes
For Safety..:)
🙌
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🙂💖🐕 xxx
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