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Tanka Sequence: Allt Mor

In Memory of Ruby and Pearl

a smiling brindle whippet in a yellow jacket

sunlight
strokes your fur
to cool down
you wade into
the peaty waters

your favourite
flow in the burn
as amber as your eyes
becomes the place
we scatter your ashes

the silver dog
beside me . . . years later
her ashes join yours
in a stream where all love
stays linked with the living

new winds rising—
a brindle hound
walks by my side
smiles at the
glittering water

our winter nears—
such peace
in the not-knowing
when we’ll join the brook
of a thousand glances

Ribbons, Fall 2023, Volume 19, Number 3

a fast flowing mountain stream in autumn sunlight

We scattered Pearl’s ashes earlier this week near her favourite burn (a Scots word for stream or brook), a short distance upstream from where we had scattered Ruby’s ashes many years before.

Misty understood we were doing something special and could probably see more than we ever could.

It was a beautiful day to let Pearl’s spirit run free.

After spending time in gratitude and contemplation, we continued our walk with Misty in the glittering autumn sun.

two streams meeting and joining in a forest among golden autumn leaves

Wishing you all a blessed Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #195

CMMC: October 2023 Alphabet with the Letter ‘P’ Anywhere in the Word

Haiku: Finding Beauty

Cairngorms National Park

a smiling brindle whippet in a yellow jacket on an overgrown forest trail

finding beauty
in grass and earth
the sun’s gold

golden grass and heather between pine trees

Wishing you all a blessed Tuesday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Found

Xingfu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge Week 43

CFFC: Harvest – Earth

Haiku: Wind-swept Beach

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket running on the beach beside the dunes

wind-swept beach –
under an arc of clouds
she carries the light

wind blowing sand across the beach and whipping up the waves

May you all stay safe as Storm Babet hits our shores and wishing you a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

CMMC: Pick a Topic from my Photo – October 2023 (beach, dunes, sea)

Haiku: Sheepies Loch

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket trotting across the tidal sands

Sheepies Loch –
how fast the water
flows to sea

seaweed-covered rocks and rockpools between the beach and the sea

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #271: Contrasts

Xingfu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge Week 42

Tanka: Cascade

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket walking a forest trail

a cascade
between the trees
this water of life
changing our dailyness
forever and ever

a waterfall cascading past a curve in the forest trail

Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #270: On Display

CFFC: Spring – Wood

Haibun: Surroundings

a glass bowl in a metal stand on a wooden windowsill

Storm Agnes has just passed and the rain begins to ease off. We’ve made ourselves at home on a hill farm for the week and a hearty lentil and vegetable soup is simmering on the stove.

Misty wakes from her afternoon nap and curls round to wash her tail, in rhythm with the crackle and pop from the wood burner.

circle of origin –
autumn leaves dazzle
through the glass

a cast iron wood burning stove with a fire dancing inside

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Surroundings

Xingfu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge Week 41

Tanka: Isle of Spar

a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket running along the edge of Loch Tay

running along
the edge of Loch Tay
the tail of a storm
sends ripples around
Spar island

the Isle of Spar in Loch Tay seen from the eastern shore in autumn

Thank you so much for all your good wishes before we went on our short break to Highland Perthshire. We enjoyed some wonderful walks, despite the wild weather.

Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #269: On the Edge

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #194

Haiku: Across the Sandflats

a smiling brindle whippet in a black jacket running across the tidal sands

across the sandflats
from invisible clouds …
light rain

The Bamboo Hut, Issue Two, 2023

close up of seaweed covered rocks at low tide

As we move into our favourite season of the year, we are taking a short blogging break and will be back on Thursday 5th October.

We leave you with Dougie MacLean performing Ready for the Storm, a song he wrote for his great-granduncle Fergus, who was a crofter-fisherman on the isle of Mull.

Wishing you all a happy Thursday, a blessed Autumn Equinox to our friends in the Northern hemisphere and a blessed Spring Equinox to our friends in the Southern hemisphere, and a wonderful two weeks ahead,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #192

CFFC: Kellogg’s Rice Krispies – Snap! Crackle! Pop!