Tanka: Calm Wind

close up of a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket in a snowy forest

calm wind
the sun fills the forest
with snow stars
how sweet their lives overlap
a moment with ours

© Xenia Tran

snow resting on spruce and pine in the forest

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.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Content

Haiku: Spring Sun

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket sniffing a snow man on the beach

spring sun –
a snow man smiles
near the water

© Xenia Tran

a smiling snow man on the snow-covered beach at the loch shore

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 #241: Spring

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #168

Tanka: Woodland Stream

a woodland stream with leafless birch on the banks

woodland stream
her peace fills the air
we breathe
truth and innocence
the way life is meant to be

© Xenia Tran

a smiling brindle whippet running through brown and green grasses

We are taking a short blogging break and will be back on Monday 20 March 2023.

Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful week ahead,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #239: Finding Peace

Haiku: Catching the Sun

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket standing on the loch shore

catching the sun
an icy wind rocks
the water

© Xenia Tran

wind creating ripples and waves across the Loch

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.

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #166

Puente Poetry: Gorse Blooms

a smiling brindle whippet running through the dunes in the spring sun

gorse blooms
where the sun glitters
across the bay

~ in gratitude ~

as if we knew one day
how you’d be there for me
and I’d be there for you

© Xenia Tran

morning sun glittering on the water of Findhorn Bay

While we were walking around Findhorn Bay in the sunshine it felt extra special to be here for each other, at this moment in time.

Below is a video showing the lyrics of Old Soul, a beautiful song by Colin MacLeod, featuring Sheryl Crow, which seems very fitting:

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.

CFFC: Things People Visit

Your Daily Word Prompt: Grateful

Tanka: Radiant Day

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket looking towards a sandbar with hundreds of seals

a radiant day
rises from the mist
our hearts leap
as we walk towards the sound
of seals barking

© Xenia Tran

hundreds of seals basking in the sun on the opposite shore where the river flows into the sea

Wishing you all a happy Monday and peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Walking

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #165

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Radiate

Tanka: First Greens

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket running up a bank in the forest

first green shoots
between the last brown leaves
how smooth
your beautiful otherness
changes with the season

© Xenia Tran

leafless birch lit up by the winter sun

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.

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Change

Haiku: Catching the Light

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

catching the light
in your eyes
a deep lochan

© Xenia Tran

young pine growing between withered heather

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: Treasure

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #237: Bringing Softness

Haiku: Circle of Pine

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a yellow jacket striding forward on a forest trail

circle of pine –
within each smile and breath
a space for dreaming

© Xenia Tran

a lochan in winter surrounded by scots and caledonian pine

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.

CMMC: February Pick a Topic from my Photo (brown, green, rocks, water)

Haibun: Return to Inshriach

Today, we traveled south and east towards Glenfeshie. The scent of scots pine, rowan, birch, juniper and aspen fills the air. The trail is covered in pine needles and scattered cones. Among sleeping heather, young trees have found the space and light to grow, with a granny tree watching over her descendants.

We meet a group of walkers on the way, who make a fuss of Misty. An older lady herself, her enthusiasm for discovering new places is as fresh as ever.

high on the hill –
the pitter patter of
melting snow

© Xenia Tran

young scots pine growing between heather and older trees below the mountains

Wishing you all a happy Monday and peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Old

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #236: East Meets West, North Meets South