Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water Found in Nature
Wordless Wednesday: Leaping Waters
Tag: CFFC
Puente Poetry: Spirals
turning into the wood from the old
carriage route where trees breathe through
knots and leaves teaming with bird song
our inner child begins to smile
~ by a stone hopscotch spiral ~
with footprints of fairy folk,
squirrel, pine marten, hare,
badger and sika deer whose presence
we are always feeling
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all wonderful Thursday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Ground, Sand, Dirt, Paths, Walks, Trails and Roads
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word – Continuity, Inward, Pedestrian, Reflecting
PI Poetry Prompt: Breathe
Haibun: Ancient Harmonies
Our Hoopa has been filling our home with music during lockdown and today he received his baglama saz, all the way from Istanbul. There is lots to sniff and discover.
The saz is played in many countries and the tradition is thousands of years old. It made its way from Persia via Azerbaijan, Anatolia, Istanbul, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Berlin to the rest of Europe and across the Atlantic and is played in the rest of Asia too.
People play the saz to accompany poems, songs and stories that are handed down from generation to generation. Ali Ulutaş, a musician, says the saz is a door of secrets. When people play it, listen to it, they get to know the essence within themselves and from that place, they can understand the other.
southern wind
warm notes and harmonies
fill the room
© Xenia Tran
A warm-hearted thank you to Veysel and his colleagues at Sala Muzik in Istanbul for sending the saz safely to the Highlands.
Wishing you all a blessed day and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 1600, f/2.2 – 1/640 s – ISO 1600 and f/3.5 – 1/250 s – ISO 400.
Below is a video of Ayşe Şewaqî performing Şîr Û Kef from the beautiful Saz Film:
… and for an instrumental performance by Bangladeshi artist Emon Chowdhury you can listen to his beautiful rendition of Tri Bhubon below:
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #145: Getting to Know You
CFFC: Natural Light vs Man-Made Light
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Curious
Earthweal Open Link Weekend #67
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Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/5.6 – 1/1250 s – ISO 400, f/5 – 1/1250 s – ISO 400 and f/1.8 – 1/4000 s – ISO 200.
Thank you Cee for honouring us with this post as a CFFC Featured Blogger!
CFFC: Shiny
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Awakening
Wordless Wednesday: Natural Patterns
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/320 s – ISO 500, f/5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 400 and f/8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 1000.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns in Nature
Wordless Wednesday: Early Recharge
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/800 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 100.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Leaves and Trees
Word of the Day Challenge: Charge
Wordless Wednesday: Calm Seas
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot, Settings: f/4 – 1/500 s – ISO 100, f/5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #54
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water
Wordless Wednesday: Time to Chill
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/3.5 – 1/100 – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/160 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/250 s – ISO 160.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: 90% Needs to Be All One Color
Word of the Day Challenge: Chilling
Haibun: Never Forgotten
Restrictions begin to ease. We can go out twice a day for sport or exercise, provided we stay local. The gorse is in bloom, glittering in warm yellows. The water is clear, the air still free of pollution. It is quite something, to see anyone here.
distant mountains
running like the wind
he smells the snow
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a peaceful Thursday and a wonderful rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Becca’s Nurturing Thursday
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sense of Smelling
Word of the Day Challenge: Forgotten
Wordless Wednesday: A Taste of the Sea
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
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.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sense of Tasting
Word of the Day Challenge: Contact
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