Category: animals

Wordless Wednesday: Full Flow

a black whippet running across the beach followed by his shadow
two whippets running on a wide tidal beach

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 360 and f/16 – 1/800 s – ISO 500.

Wordless Wednesday

Haiku: Scent of a New Day

two whippets in winter jackets sniffing the frozen grass side by side

silver frost
dogs pick up the scent
of a new day

© Xenia Tran

a cairn and bench overlooking the Moray Firth with snow on the peaks across the water

Wishing you all a blessed Monday and a peaceful week ahead,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/800 s – ISO 160 and f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 125.

Word of the Day Challenge: Picking

Wordless Wednesday: Soft Sand Zoomies

a blue and white whippet speeding past across the beach
a smiling blue and white whippet with a yellow ball on the beach

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.

Wordless Wednesday

Word of the Day Challenge: Terrain

Wordless Wednesday: Fernweh Forest

a black whippet running towards the camera on a forest trail in dappled light
a black whippet running along a forest trail to join the main path

Wishing you a wonderful Wednesday and may you all stay safe and well,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Fernweh

Haiku: Trust

a blue and white whippet looking up at the trees on a forest trail

forest trail
the dogs meet and part
with their shadows

© Xenia Tran

close up image of large green ferns catching the sun

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a blessed new week ahead,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/500 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/800 s – ISO 160.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109: Under the Sun

Word of the Day Challenge: Trust

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #318: Meet & Part

Haiku: Sweet Balance

two whippets approaching a bend on a descending forest trail

forest walk
step by step we see the pine
in scattered cones

© Xenia Tran

two whippets standing together on a forest trail

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

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, f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/320 s – ISO 100.

Carpe Diem The Beauty of Haiku #1828: Baransu (Balance)

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Space

Word of the Day Challenge: Sweet

Wordless Wednesday: Weaving The Way

a black whippet galloping away on a narrow forest trail
a smiling black whippet between tall grass and heather

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 – 1/160 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/125 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s On The Hunt for Joy Challenge: Dance it Out

Word of the Day Prompt: Grace

Tanka: Walking Lightly

a blue and white whippet in summer grass

ah the magic
of elves and butterflies
on forest trails
they teach us to sing
take our steps lightly

© Xenia Tran

two whippets on a forest trail

Wishing you all a magical Monday and a peaceful week ahead,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 100, f/2./ – 1/320 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 160.

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #315: Chimpanzee & Kiss (Elf & Butterfly)

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Dollop

Word of the Day Challenge: Lightly

Haiku: Smouldering Summer

a black whippet striding through dunes in the morning sun

hidden in dunes
summer’s first embers
of a dragon’s fire

© Xenia Tran

part of a driftwood tree shaped like a dragon in the dunes

Wishing you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful week ahead,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 125.

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #147: Smoldering (Hot)

Word of the Day Challenge: Unstoppable

Wordless Wednesday: Full Flow

two whippets in full flight on a rippled sandbar
a blue and white whippet running across wet tidal sands

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100, f/5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/5.6 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #35