Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
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.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Two Items or the Number Two
Word of the Day Challenge: Nourish
A gentle follow-up to yesterday’s Blue Ocean.
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/6.3 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: One Item or the Number 1
We left you with smiles before our editing break and are happy to be back here with more smiles after a fruitful week of work.
We are also deeply honoured, humbled and delighted to learn that our photograph and haiku Winter Mist featured on NHK World Japan’s Haiku Masters in Tokyo – Part 1, broadcast on 4th March 2019 from Tokyo.
We are very grateful to presenters Kit Pancoast Nagamura, Kazuko Nishimura and Dan Mitsu for their thoughtful and entertaining interpretation of this photo haiku.
The entire episode, featuring a number of photo haiku and haiku by other international haiku poets, is available to view on the NHK World Japan website and lasts approximately 28 minutes.
Wishing you all a magical Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/640 s – ISO 160 and f/3.2 – 1/500 s – ISO 160.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Smiles
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Exchange
Word of the Day Challenge: Surprise
blossom haze
spring is passing
before our eyes
© Xenia Tran
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 100 and f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 160.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #83: Blossom Haze
Carpe Diem #1653: Passing Spring (yuku haru)
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Eyes
We are delighted that the haiku featured in My Friend, My Rock has been included in the Haiku Foundation’s EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2019. Three Haiku from our sister blog Tranature – Celtic Mist, A Drop of Bliss and Garden Buddha, were also included. A very big thank you to Jim Kacian and all at the Haiku Foundation for putting this project together.
Cairngorms National Park
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
the freshness of our lingering snow
brings winter romance to our time
the snow-capped mountain turns to shrine
for seeking peace, a letting go
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
our spring begins to bloom and shine
while snow-melt and the river’s flow
bring winter romance to our time
the forest trail begins to climb
we pause to watch the mountain grow
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
the air tastes pure, so sweet and fine
our woolly hats and ruddy glow
bring winter romance to our time
two seasons meet along fine lines
we cherish both and deeply know
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
bring winter romance to our time
This is our second contribution to this month’s Villanelle challenge at dVerse Poets. You can read our first contribution at A Voice that Knows and our third contribution Worth Waiting For has now been published 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)
Below is the complete version of the Villanelle:
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
the freshness of our lingering snow
brings winter romance to our time
the snow-capped mountain turns to shrine
for seeking peace, a letting go
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
our spring begins to bloom and shine
while snow-melt and the river’s flow
bring winter romance to our time
the forest trail begins to climb
we pause to watch the mountain grow
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
the air tastes pure, so sweet and fine
our woolly hats and ruddy glow
bring winter romance to our time
two seasons meet along fine lines
we cherish both and deeply know
it’s good to breathe the scent of pine
bring winter romance to our time
© Xenia Tran
The prompt at dVerse remains open if you want to participate and there are now more than seventy contributions for you to enjoy.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/2.8 – 1/320 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 160, f/4.5 – 1/250 s – ISO 200, f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/160 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/800 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 160.
dVerse Poets Forms for All: The Villanelle
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Perspicatious
Friendly Friday: Photo Walk
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walks, Trails, Sidewalks
Wishing you all a wonderful Spring Equinox,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Shadows
turning point
the visible worlds
we share
© Xenia Tran
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.
Friendly Friday Photo Challenge: Turning Point
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns
Carpe Diem #1619: Kumano Kodo … Nakahechi Route
