blossom haze
spring is passing
before our eyes
© Xenia Tran
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 160.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #83: Blossom Haze
Carpe Diem #1653: Passing Spring (yuku haru)
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Eyes
This poem features in Between Heather and Grass. If you haven’t read the book yet, feel free to take a peek inside:
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 
And a touch of gray along the muzzle. Great shot. It shows so early on the black colored dogs.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Anita 💜 Spring passes only too quickly in our dog’s lives and Eivor is showing his first flecks of silver 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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Dog spring doesn’t last long enough. And now Dusty is in dog winter. He just had his 14th birthday. 😦 ❤ I tell him every day how lucky I am to know him.
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Bless sweet Dusty 💜 Their years fly by so quickly and we’re so lucky to walk with them through this world 🙂💖🐕 xxx
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We are lucky — and honored. ❤
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Your intelligent eyes
Take in everything
As you leap in joy
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Thank you dear Martha, much love to you, Dusty and Bear from all of us here 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Lovely photos of Eivor ❤️ Congratulations on having your Haiku featured 🤗xxx
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Thank you dear Cathy, it was a beautiful collaboration with haiku poets for World Haiku Day 💜 Wishing you a wonderful evening and much love from our house to yours 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #4: Xenia Tran’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thank you so much for the reblog Frank! 🙂💖 xxx
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Congratulations on having your haikus featured in the anthology, Xenia. Well done! Summer’s coming! i love the attentive photos of Eivor. xx
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Thank you dear Liesbet, it was lovely to take part with so many other haiku poets and Eivor loves to have a very attentive gaze at the world 💜 Hope Summer’s coming where you are too and much love to you and Mark from all of us here 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Slow down, sweet Spring!
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Thank you dear Laurie, we’d love to enjoy it a little longer too! 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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In Maine, Spring gallops!
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Yay! 😀💜🌞 xxx
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Lovely intelligent eyes.
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Thank you kindly 🙂🐾🐾
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First congrats for being featured at the Haiku Foundation. Second what a wonderful haiku you have shared here with us all. I like the way how you make the end of spring delightful.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Kristjaan 🙂💜
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beautiful photos and haiku, Xenia – and I love the look in Eivor’s eyes! xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Kim and Eivor says thank you too 🙂🐾💖🐾 xxx
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🙂 xx
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Simply Marvelous
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Thank you dear Dorna 🙂💖 xxx
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This Spring Too Shall Pass…
Better Yet to Celebrate Now..:)
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Thank you dear Fred! 🙂💖🐦🎶
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Summer Seemingly
Close so Clear Blue Now😀💡✌️
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