Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
The temperature rose to 16C today and we’re taking a short blogging break to enjoy the fine weather over the Easter Holidays.
We wish you all a very happy Wednesday, a Happy Easter if you’re celebrating, and a wonderful weekend!
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.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Busy
Your Daily Prompt: Examine
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.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Articulate
the wind is strong where soft sand blows
along the shore the water’s speech
releases the waves, a voice that knows
perhaps that’s why we feel so close
on every walk along this beach
the wind is strong where soft sand blows
we seek adventure, step in the flows
a faraway wind from the East
releases the waves, a voice that knows
the scent of freedom, a thought that grows
can show us the treasures that lie within reach
the wind is strong where soft sand blows
beneath the moon, a star that glows
we stretch out our dreams where each
releases the waves, a voice that knows
when colours brighten our rainbows
mirroring all that they teach
the wind stays strong where soft sand blows
releasing the waves, a voice that knows
© Xenia Tran
Sarah at dVerse Poets invites us to write a Villanelle this month and this is our first contribution. Our second contribution has now been published at Where Seasons Meet and our third contribution Worth Waiting For can be found on our sister blog Tranature.
A Villanelle is a French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain (the Poetry Foundation)
The prompt at dVerse remains open if you want to participate and there are now more than seventy contributions for you to enjoy.
Wishing you all a beautiful Tuesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
dVerse Poets Forms for All: The Villanelle
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Stretch
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Roll
woolly hats
driftwood trees and flying sand
april’s here
© Xenia Tran
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.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #39: Hello April
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Fool
the blue
of a fuller day
fills the sky
spirits from another time
edge dreams of new tomorrows
© Xenia Tran
For those of you who read last month’s post Helping the Hounds of Macau we are delighted that the last remaining greyhounds have left the Canidrome on 26th March and have safely arrived in their adoptive countries. We are especially happy to see that the older greyhounds, including 13-year old Astrid, have made it and are now settled in their forever homes.
It makes us very happy to know they have comfortable beds and are being loved and cared for in a way every dog deserves to be loved and cared for.
A very big thank you again to Anima, GREY2K USA and Pet Levrieri for making this possible and to all the greyhound charities in Europe and the USA who have taken the greyhounds in and provided them with veterinary care, loving foster homes and forever homes.
You can see updates on how the rescued dogs are settling into their new lives at the new public page The Macau Greyhounds – Happy at Last
A very big thank you to all of you who kindly shared the information and helped spread the word.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: Getting Your Ducks in a Row
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/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
Sunday Stills: Spring
forgotten shells
hidden between dunes and sky
a swallow sings
© Xenia Tran
Wishing 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.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/800 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/160 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #78: Swallow
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #38: Weathered or Worn
