Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
ah the sound
of small waves breaking
each day
still bright enough
to follow a dream
© Xenia Tran
In the spirit of dreams, we will leave you with this beautiful song by Colin MacLeod:
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 #160
sea breeze
glittering through the trees
a new horizon
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Thursday, and Happy Thanksgiving to our friends in the US, and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Misty and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #153
gulls chatter
on the other side of the rocks
looking round
the sky suddenly fills
with a thousand voices
© Xenia Tran
In other news, we are delighted that my poems First Light, Earthlight, Accepting the Sun and Shenandoah have been included in The Haiku Way to Healing Anthology edited by Robert Epstein (2022) …
… and for our Dutch readers:
Ochtendschemer, Rozen Snoeien and Nachtvissen have been included in Aan Het Woord 2022 – Lange Verhalen, edited by Riet de Bakker, Jan Guichelaar, Henk van der Werff and Jean-Marie Werrebrouck, published by Haiku Kring Nederland and Haiku-centrum Vlaanderen (2022).
Dorpswinkel appears in the Haiku-kantelkalender 2023. The calendar features fifty-two haiku by poets from Belgium and The Netherlands and is available from Haiku-centrum Vlaanderen. A very big thank you to Régine Dendooven and the team for including my poem and putting this beautiful calendar together.
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.
Tanka Thursday: Round
CMMC: November Pick a Topic from my Photo (Water, Reflections)
The morning sun warms our faces and paints the rocks in amber and brown. After a cold, clear night, the sky’s pastel-blue is reflected in scattered tidal pools. Sea lettuce waves in the shallows, bladderwrack rests on rippled sand. Gutweed glitters between the barnacles stuck to exposed boulders. Misty walks through the water and even to us, it looks inviting. She slowly moves forward, careful not to make a sound. It is only then I realise, our twelve-and-a-half-year-old forever foster is stalking a crow.
instant recall
the bird with a crab
gets away
© Xenia Tran
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 #152
Word of the Day Challenge: Invitation
fleeting world –
gulls and oystercatchers feed
in the lagoon
there are treasures to be found
at this special hour
© Xenia Tran
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 #141
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in August 2022 – Lagoon, Shoreward
Cairngorms National Park
moved by trees
who are moved by him
a piper plays
© Xenia Tran
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 #137
in grey-blue light after the rain
the day starts gently on the sands
where we pause and gaze at
the glittering retreating sea
~ with the flow of the wind ~
we keep each other safe
through attentiveness and love
between columns draped with tooted wrack
we find an overabundance of treasures
© Xenia Tran
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.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in July 2022 – Texture
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Column
dVerse Poets Open Link Night #321: Blast Off
white sands
as far as eyes can see
a smile follows
© Xenia Tran
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 #136
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Sheer
Word of the Day Challenge: Display
cooling
as we run towards it
the turquoise sea
© Xenia Tran
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.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #135
CFFC: Would Make a Friend Happy
Cairngorms National Park
back in nature
a pleasant wind leans
across the loch
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Misty and Xenia xxx
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Focus
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
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