Behind the scenes our companion has been doing deep work and research into her family trees. She was already familiar with the Swiss and Frisian connections. Now she’s discovered a line that goes back to sixteenth century Flemish and Dutch roots, to people who settled on land that used to be sea. Looking at images of their West Coast we see the same waters, a spiritual connection through landscape and time.
deep within
this longing to be by the sea
the same sky
© 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 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
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A spiritual connection through landscape and time.–isn’t it fascinating?! Eivor, you are such a handsome boy.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Lois, it’s really fascinating and I’m looking forward to learning more! Eivor says thank you too 🙂💜 Much love to you, Parker and Piper from all of us here 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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As always, stunning photos. Fascinating to discover things about our ancestor and where they lived.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Laurie 🙂💜 It’s so lovely to discover this because the Frisian records were all lost during WW2 and I can only go back three generations in that branch of the family 🙂💖 xxx
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I should say so! Never thought about records being lost during WW2, but, alas, it makes sense.
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How fantastic to trace your family tree back so far! Gorgeous pictures as always 😍 Can’t fail with such scenery and a handsome furbaby 💕🐕xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Cathy, I followed a hunch and stumbled across an archive compiled by someone from that region with links to my ancestors 🙂💜 Hope you’re having a great day and much love to you and Finn from all of us here 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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That was so lucky! Thank you, hope you’re having a good day too 💕 Much love to you all 🤗🐕xxx
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Thank you Cathy! 🙂💕🐕 xxx
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Eivor, I would love to hear more about your human’s Swiss connections. I have some of my own. I would also like to go to the beach.
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Aww thank you dear Martha. Our human’s grandmother was born in Zurich as was her great-grandmother. She wrote a poem about her grandma here: https://whippetwisdom.com/2016/05/11/grandma-alice/ xxx
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Our human’s 4th great grandmother was born in Affoltern-am-Albis in Canton Zürich. ❤ She died giving birth to our 3rd great grandfather (numbers might be wrong) who emigrated with his dad to America in 1743. Three of my historical novels are about my Swiss family. ❤
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That’s such an amazing journey to make for your 3rd great-grandfather and his dad and it’s lovely you can tell their stories 🙂💖 xxx
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I wrote a book called Savior. A man in CH who’d read Martin of Gfenn suggested I might have Swiss ancestry — many Americans do. I researched and I found them. And the people in my book (already finished except the ending) lived exactly where I’d imagined and had the same names I’d given my characters. It was very eerie. BUT I got the ending from my book — clearly it was my own family so there I was.
After that I consciously looked for where they were in relation to historical events that interested me — like Zwingli’s reformation and there they were. Two of them fought in the Second Battle of Kappel, one of them died.
I had already been in CH many times and always felt something strange about the city of Zürich. I love it more than any other place on earth (except maybe my valley). It’s just weird. ❤
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That’s wonderful! I do believe in the power of these ancestral lines, feeling at home in the places where they walked and lived xxx
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Me too. There’s a lot we’re capable of that we don’t begin to understand. ❤
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P.S. Eivor, tell your human the poem is lovely. ❤
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Thank you dear Martha, I’ll let her know 😉🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #7: Xenia Tran’s latest #haibun!
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Thank you so much for the reblog Frank! 🙂💖 xxx
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The sea.The power of water and how it connects even as it divides us.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Anne, it’s a very powerful connection 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Always fascinating looking into the past. Wonderful post Xenia 🙏
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Miriam 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Beautiful close ups of Eivor and the haiku captures that third image perfectly.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Denis 🤗🐾💖🐾
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💜nose nudges 💜🐾
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Thank you dear Olivia, nose nudges back to you too 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Blessed Be Dogs
Lacking Memory
For Anything
But BeacH Love
Rarely Lost or Found to Love..:)
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Thank you dear Fred, they have excellent memories too 🙂🐾💖🐾
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Yes My Friend Dogs
Have Excellent
Memories for
Positive
Feelings
And Senses
Yet they Do
Not create Lasting
Hate as Humans
May other wise
Do so Distant
From
DoGLoVE PuRE🌟
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