nature walk – Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey

Wordless Wednesday: Dreamy Mountain

Cairngorms National Park

a blue whippet and a black whippet in black winter jackets on a mountain trail with views of Loch Morlich

a black whippet looking over his shoulder on a mountain trail and a blue whippet sniffing the heather

View over Loch Morlich with all the snow gone

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100 and f/5 – 1/800 s – ISO 160.

Wordless Wednesday

The Snow Melts Somewhere Friendly Friday: Dreamy

Haibun: Mountain Layers

a blue whippet in a black winter jacket climbing a mountain with snow fields in the background

We tiptoe through layers of grass, brown heather and stone. The mountain’s steady pulse becomes our anchor with the wind whirling around her boulders. We can rest here. We can sip from the rising spring.

sunlight swims
between the melting snow fields
this wildness

two whippets in black winter jackets climbing a mountain trail

landscape shot of a mountain trail leading towards a corrie with snow fields near the peaks

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/1600 s – ISO 160 and f/4.5 – 1/1250 s – ISO 160.

dVerse Poets Quadrille #74: Sip

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Layer

Haiku: Earth’s Garden

a blue whippet in a black winter jacket between the pine trees

a new day
sensing its beauty
earth’s garden

a blue whippet in a black winter jacket sniffing the grass between the pine trees

a black whippet in a black winter jacket sniffing the grass between the pine trees, a blue whippet in a winter jacket walking behind him

We wish you all a very happy Tuesday 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 – 1/60 s – ISO 125, f/3.2 – 1/80 s – ISO 200 and f/3.2 – 1/80 s – ISO 160.

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Garden

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture

Haiku: Dream World

Achany Forest

wooden sculpture of a hawk in Achany Forest

as if in a dream
connecting us all
nature’s love

a blue whippet in a maroon and grey winter jacket beside a wooden hawk sculpture on a forest trail

a dreamy blurry image of two whippets in winter jackets on a frozen forest trail

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/100 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/80 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8, 1/200 s, ISO 100.

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Intimate

Wordless Wednesday: Into the Wild

Achany Forest

a black whippet in a maroon and grey winter jacket on a forest trail

two whippets in maroon winter jackets on a frosty forest trail with hills in the background

a frozen pond in Achany Forest with pine and fir trees in the foreground

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/100 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/200 s – ISO 160 and f/4 – 1/160 s – ISO 160.

Wordless Wednesday

Friendly Friday: Stay in Your Comfort Zone

Sunday Stills: Unexpectedly Frozen

Haiku: Colours of Joy

view over the River Shin in morning mist from Achany Forest

mist rises
the day warms into
infinite joy

two whippets in maroon winter jackets chasing each other through the forest

a blue whippet in a maroon winter jacket leaping past a black whippet in a maroon winter jacket on a forest trail

Wishing you all a very happy Tuesday!

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 -1/100 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/80 s – ISO 100.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Color of Your Choice

Ruba’i: One More Glance

close up shot of black whippet in a blue winter jacket looking over the snow-covered bent grass

Glancing at all this beauty, before it melts away
the snow has been amazing, we so wish it could stay
we love it now with all our heart, while we run and play
to touch the stars that sparkle here, brightening our day.

close up shot of blue whippet in a purple and black winter jacket looking out over the snow-covered bent grass

close up shot of snow flakes on bent grass

Although the snow didn’t stay here long, we are very grateful for the few days we could enjoy it.

Frank at dVerse Poets invites us to create a Ruba’i (a classical Persian quatrain or double couplet with 13-syllable lines and a rhyme scheme of aaaa or aaba) or a Rubaiyat (a collection of more than one quatrain).

Last Friday I posted Fishertown Rubaiyat, an 8-syllable interlocking Rubaiyat, and today I wanted to experiment with the traditional Persian form. If you are interested in playing along, the prompt stays open until the end of the month.

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100.

dVerse Poets Poetry Forms: The Rubaiyat

Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: Depth of Field