Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
morning stroll
seaweed, salt and water
glistening
a scent from the deep
alive inside us 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/2.8, 1/800 s, ISO 100 and f/2.8, 1/1000 s, ISO 100.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Jewel
airborne
in the hounds’ play
morning glory
© Xenia Tran
flying paws
how far can they run
autumn waves
© 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, 1/2000 s, ISO 100.
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in November Y3 (Spurting)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Orchestrate
silhouettes
shaped by autumn’s lamplight
walkers and dogs
enjoying evening’s splendour
a lullaby from the sea
© Xenia Tran
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5, 1/160 s, ISO 200 and f/5, 1/125 s, ISO 100.
This is our 30th and final contribution for Carpe Diems’s 2018 Autumn Retreat, a retreat where we write haiku, haibun or tanka on the theme ‘Love Eternally’ every day for thirty days. We have contributed fifteen poems on this blog and fifteen poems on our sister blog, Tranature. To see all our contributions and those from other participating poets please follow the link below or type ‘#carpe diems autumn retreat 2018 love’ in your Reader.
Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally
Carpe Diem #1544: Autumn Lamplight (aki no hi)
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Trio
mountains cloaked
in twilight’s pink and gold
a new wisdom
© Xenia Tran
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5, 1/60 s, ISO 125, f/4, 1/100 s, ISO 160 and f/4, 1/60 s, ISO 100.
Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #19: Magical Light
Lochan Mor
remembering
the last wave of lily pads
towards home
© Xenia Tran
You can see the water lilies in bloom in our earlier post ‘Swimming‘ on our sister blog.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/250 s, ISO 100 and f/3.2, 1/200 s, ISO 100.
Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally
below the bridge
a waterfall, reflecting
autumn’s voice
a mild day in November
cradled in the breeze
© 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, 1/125 s, ISO 100 and f/3.5, 1/1250 s, ISO 160.
Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally
Carpe Diem #1539: Autumn’s Voice
Terri’s Sunday Stills: It’s Time
It is almost two years ago that Mark Woods had to make a difficult decision. Walnut the whippet was eighteen years old and had been increasingly unwell. He wanted to take his faithful friend for one last walk on his favourite beach. In a simple Facebook post he invited other dogwalkers to come along if they wanted to say goodbye to Walnut. The post was shared and shared. When we saw it on Twitter we shared it too.
Hundreds of people turned up. Children walked up to Walnut to stroke him and say goodbye. He was hugged, time and time again, while Mark carried him around wrapped in a blanket. Walnut’s eyes were full of love. Occasionally, he would look up at Mark and lick his face.
autumn gathers
her blanket of comfort
around our heart
© Xenia Tran
The video below shows a recent interview with Mark.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2, 1/125 s, ISO 250 and f/3.2, 1/100 s, ISO 100.
Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Comfort
