Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
We are taking a short blogging break and will be back on Monday 4th October.
Wishing you all a sparkling Wednesday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Word of the Day Challenge: Sparkling
The temperature has dipped this morning. We keep the wind behind us while we navigate the dunes towards the headland. Most of the tourists have gone. This time is a gift to revisit the places we love, when they shift back from ‘must see’ to ordinary.
thistledown
thousands of seeds fly off
for new flowers
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
PI Poetry Prompt: Prickly
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Ordinary
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Melancholy
passing clouds
our hearts still walk
on the sunny side
collecting light and sharing it
wherever it is needed
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Tanka Thursday: Heart
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in September (Reachable, Linkage)
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word (Quotidian, Solitary)
the seagulls from our roof
feed in the lace the waves push in,
heavy with crab for growing chicks
who will soon be the size of their parents
~ our quirky friends ~
now the best of neighbours
with tilted head and knowing blink
we head for home as the sand disappears
in a hungry sea that swallows every bar
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a wonderful new week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
PI Poetry Prompt: Lace
Word of the Day Challenge: Quirky
sea air –
in illness and in health
this comfort
soon carries beyond the blue
of sky and misty mountains
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all good health and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
PI Poetry Prompt: Health
Tanka Thursday: Soon
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Blue
cloudy loch
the geese head south
on a fair wind
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #164: Looking Up/Down
Word of the Day Challenge: Daylight
woodland pond
all day its darkness
holds the sun
in her light a siskin’s song
flits above the treetops
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Thursday and a blessed rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
We are honoured and delighted that A Siskin’s Song was first published in the inaugural issue of Take5, a new journal from The Bamboo Hut for 5 line tanka, gogyohka and gogyoshi. A warm-hearted thank you to Steve Wilkinson for featuring my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #163: Keep Walking
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word (Flexuous, Solitary, Astonishing)
Wishing you all a peaceful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Sanctuary
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