Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
We are taking a short blogging break to make the most of our fine Autumn weather and will be back next Wednesday.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/3.5 – 1/60 s – ISO 125, f/3.4 – 1/320 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/30 s – ISO 200.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #46
Climbing the trail towards the Lairig Ghru we are greeted by a sweet and powerful smell of honey. We’ve been walking for an hour with the sun on our backs when Eivor suddenly stops. He looks up at the billowing clouds, then looks at us, his nose twitching to the right. We know what this means and give him a gentle pat before turning back.
autumn equinox
a changing sky lights up
the heather
© Xenia Tran
Eivor seems to know how much time we have before the rain reaches us and we always take his advice.
The innate wisdom of the dogs and animals that guide us are a true inspiration and this is Eivor and Pearl’s contribution to Tina’s lovely Inspiration challenge.
In case you missed it, our earlier contribution is here.
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a happy Autumn/Spring Equinox tomorrow,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/2.8 – 1/200 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 160 and f/5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115: Inspiration
Carpe Diem Time Challenge #3: Moorland
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #157: Autumn Equinox
Word of the Day Challenge: Timely
the day’s palette
a hazy blue and green
at high tide
tomorrow’s footprints
wait for us in sand and sea
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/5.6 – 1/800 s – ISO 200 and f/4.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
Nurturing Thursday: Letting Things Go
Tanka Thursday: Tomorrow
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Footprint
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #45
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Word of the Day Challenge: Terrain
The crowds have left the beaches and a new calm returns. We are grateful the sand remains as pure and clean as we found it in our lockdown days. The rising sun takes the edge of the sharp wind that blows in from the North. As Eivor chases a yellow ball, we reflect how all that’s gone before has brought us to this moment.
new coolness
even in circles the path
remains a path
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a wonderful new week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/320 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #156: New Coolness
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114: Negative Space
Laurie Graves shares a beautiful review of Between Heather and Grass on her blog Notes from the Hinterland, alongside music by Jon Batiste! Thank you so much for sharing this Laurie, we’re so happy you enjoyed our second collection! xxx
I decided to change the title for my Friday posts. Formerly, it was What’s Making Me Happy, but I had borrowed this from the excellent podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, and I thought maybe it would be best to have something different. There is a fine line between admiration and plagiarism, and I didn’t want to cross it.
So now the title will be Friday Favorites, but the content will be the same as I list things that made me happy or caught my attention during the week. Often I list three things, but today there will only be one as it needs to stand by itself.
Long overdue to be featured on this blog is the very beautiful book, Between Heather and Grass: Poems and Photographs Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets. It was published by my blogging friend Xenia Tran, who has the lovely blogs
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We are deeply honoured and delighted to share our haiku with haiku friends in the world and appreciate each other’s haiku as part of the World Haiku Series 2019, celebrating the 330th anniversary of Bashõ’s visit to Kisakata at the same time. A special thank you to Mr Hidenori Hiruta for his beautiful Japanese translations.
World Haiku Series 2019 (199)
Haiku by Xenia Tran
blossom haze
spring is passing
before our eyes
– from Between Heather and Grass – Poems Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2019)
花のもや
春が過ぎて行く
目の前で
light rain
around the buddha’s feet
a sea of diamonds
– published in EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2019 (Winchester, VA: The Haiku Foundation, 2019)
小雨
仏の足の周り
ダイヤモンドの海
sea pinks
sunlight draws her colours
around the rocks
– published on Whippet Wisdom blog
海のピンク
日光が色を描く
岩の周りに
these colours
the new and ever never
gifts from the sea
– from Between Heather and Grass – Poems Filled with Love, Hope and Whippets by Xenia Tran (Nairn, UK: Holistic Linguistics, 2019)
これらの色
新しい、かつてない
海からの贈り物
empty salad bowl
too beautiful to eat
these flowers
– published on Tranature blog
空のサラダボウル
美しすぎて食べられない
これらの花を
stillness of trees
the wind picks up where she left
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Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
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/4.5 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #44
Word of the Day Challenge: Empathy
healing the past
nature smooths the lines
of old defences
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a wonderful new week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ 200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 1/1250 s – ISO 100.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word 2020 – 1st ed (Rift & Span)
Word of the Day Challenge: Pattern
daybreak
a band of mist rises
into blue
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 100, f/5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #321: Morrow & Surge (daybreak & rise)
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word 2020 – 1st ed (Estival)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Bask
