Wordless Wednesday: Nourish the Soul

two whippets walking side by side on a forest trail
two whippets walking side by side on a forest trail

Wishing you all a very happy Wednesday,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/200 s – ISO 100 and f/3.2 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Two Items or the Number Two

Word of the Day Challenge: Nourish

Haiku: Shimmering Leaves

a blue and white whippet walking on a forest trail with moss and grass

this trail
woven by wind and droplets
shimmering leaves

© Xenia Tran

young birch trees growing from rocks and upturned root balls in the forest

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/60 s -ISO 200.

Sunday Stills: Veering off the Path

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Trail

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Droplets

Haiku: Dream World

Achany Forest

 

wooden sculpture of a hawk in Achany Forest

 

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

© Xenia Tran

 

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

© Xenia Tran

 

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

 

Haiku: Festive Forest

 

close up shot of a black whippet in a maroon and grey winter jacket on a forest trail, smiling at the camera

 

frozen ferns
the scent of spruce and pine
festive forest

© Xenia Tran

 

two whippets in winter jackets on a frost-covered forest trail

 

 

close up shot of frost crystals on ferns and grass

We’re having a short blogging break to spend the holidays with friends and family, and will be back here next Thursday.

Wishing you all a magical festive season from the wintry Highlands,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/125 s, ISO 125, f/2.8, 1/160 s, ISO 100 and f/3.2, 1/125 s, ISO 100.

 

Sunday Stills: Festive

 

Tanka: Creating Memories

 

blue whippet in a purple harness standing alert in the grass beside a woodland trail

 

exploring
one path after another
the wolf within
mindful of the living trees
the fallen resting in grass

© Xenia Tran

 

blue whippet in a purple harness walking down a woodland trail

 

blue whippet in a purple harness walking down a woodland trail

The fallen trees are left here and provide a home for micro-organisms and the rare aspen hoverfly.

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Carpe Diem #1485: Creating Memories

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

 

Wordless Wednesday: Wildflower Journey

 

two whippets on a forest trail with wildflowers

 

a blue whippet and a black whippet on a forest trail with wildflowers

 

two whippets on a forest trail with wildflowers

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/640 s, ISO 100.

 

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge Week 3: Colors, Purple, Wood

Wordless Wednesday

Rag Tag Daily Prompt #55: Travel

 

Haibun: Dragonfly Wood

Achany Forest

 

wooden sculpture of a dragonfly in Achany Forest

 

On this warm day we reach for cool among aspen, pine and beech – their new leaves unstitched in a season of moving. It is an easy switch from beach to forest, from play to sniffs.

artist trail
sculpted by nature, by hand
a dragonfly

© Xenia Tran

 

a blue whippet on a forest trail in Achany Forest

We wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week!

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/2.8, 1/250 s, ISO 100 and f/3.4, 1/250 s, ISO 250.

 

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Cooling

dVerse Poets: Happy 7th Anniversary and Quadrille #60

 

Wordless Wednesday: Above the River

Achany Glen

 

the river Shin flowing through Achany Forest

blue whippet in purple harness walking on forest trail above the river

 

views of the river Shin and mountains beyond from a hill in Achany Forest

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/5.6, 1/400 s, ISO 160, f/2.8, 1/1000 s, ISO 100 and f/5, 1/500 s, ISO 200.

 

 

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Week 1 Photo (Green, Tree, Tan)

Wordless Wednesday