green shoots
between the stones
a new journey
© Xenia Tran
We’re delighted that this haiku is featured in Haiku Dialogue: Poet’s Choice, pathway, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 11 September 2019. A very big thank you to Kathy Munro for putting this edition together.
Wishing you all a very happy Thursday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/200 s – ISO 100.
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What a beautiful green space this is. Hello Pearl!
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Thank you dear Lois, it’s so amazing! 🤗🐾💖🐾🌿 xxx
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Wonderful! Congrats! Really like the header picture as well.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Laurie! 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Congratulations on getting another haiku published 👍🏼 A lovely stone and fern pathway 🌿💚 looks like a good old climb too 🐕xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Cathy, it was quite a climb! 😁💜🌿 Hope you’re having a great day and much love to you and Finn from all of us here 🤗🐾💖🐾 xxx
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Thank you 🤗 Hope your day is a good one too. Much love from our house to yours 💖🐕xxx
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Thank you Cathy 🙂💕🐕 xxx
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So much lovely greenery!! My basenji Fanny would have a lot of joy there along with Pearl, running freely in the grass. 🐾 🐾 🐕 💖
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Anita, Fanny would love it here! 🤗🐾💖🐾🌿 xxx
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I cannot even imagine the ground covered with ferns. ❤
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Thank you dear Martha, we love seeing them in all their greenery. The ferns are beautiful too when they change colour later in Autumn, as seen in last year’s post: https://whippetwisdom.com/2018/10/08/haiku-autumn-gold/ xxx
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Congratulations on the selection, Xenia.
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Thank you kindly Ken 🙂🐾💖🐾
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Grass Replaces Sand
Taking Away Heat
of Summer and
Cold of
Winter
Stones
How Blessed
Dogs are To Dance
And Sing Nature’s Trails Free..
Other than that Best Weekend
Dreams Fulfilled For You and Yours
Dear Friend Xenia As Saturday Evening
comes for You.. Seas And Forests Scotland True..:)
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Fred, a wonderful weekend to you and Katrina too from all of us here 🤗💖🐕🌲🌞🕺🎶
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So far IT
IS A Happy
Dance And
Song What
More Will
i ask
From: Love
to: None Happier
Than Dance And Song😁🕺
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You matched the picture with the haiku really well!!! Congrats, you are one talented guy 😇
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Thank you so much for your kind words 🙂🐾🐾
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Love the dogs and that’s a beautiful area. Good Haiku
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Crystal 🙂🐾💖🐾
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The haiku and images come together perfectly Xenia
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Denis 🙂🐾💖🐾
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Oh I’m not surprised it was published … it is lovely 👏
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Thank you kindly dear Julie 🙂💖🌺 xxx
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