Tanka: Nature’s Light

Cairngorms National Park

a black whippet walking on sun-lit forest trail between pine and heather

from afar this light
finds her way through the trees
over and over
we pause in silence
breathing the spring air

© Xenia Tran

a blue and white whippet in a purple harness pausing in sunlight between heather and pine
scots pine and douglas fir with sunlight beaming through

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/320 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/3.2 – 1/80 s – ISO 160.

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Cornucopia

This poem features in Between Heather and Grass under the title Spring Air. If you haven’t read the book yet, feel free to take a peek inside:

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Author: whippetwisdom

The stories, poems and photographs on this blog are the original creative work of Xenia Tran. Inspired by life in the Scottish Highlands and in awe of nature she gives voice to the wisdom of her adopted and fostered whippets.

32 thoughts on “Tanka: Nature’s Light”

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Cathy 💜 We’ve had some overnight rain and might get some more tonight, which will hopefully help put out the wildfires. Hope you had a great day and much love to you and Finn from all of us here 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx

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  3. This is so very lovely! Am just returned from international travel for work (and some family stuff) and it was fantastic to have left NYC with bare trees and green shoots struggling to find light, and to return to trees heavy with bloom and carpets of green grass everywhere. Spring is an absolute time of miracles! Fantastic photos!

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words dear Na’ama and welcome back – I was thinking of you earlier today! 🙂💜 Hope you had a great time on your travels and much love to you from all of us here 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx

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      1. Thank you, my friend. I am glad to be back (jetlagged and exhausted and all), and it was an important, if complex, trip. I might’ve flown right over you at some point yesterday late afternoon … 😉

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