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 to make the most of our fine Autumn weather and will be back next Wednesday.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/3.5 – 1/60 s – ISO 125, f/3.4 – 1/320 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/30 s – ISO 200.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #46
Climbing the trail towards the Lairig Ghru we are greeted by a sweet and powerful smell of honey. We’ve been walking for an hour with the sun on our backs when Eivor suddenly stops. He looks up at the billowing clouds, then looks at us, his nose twitching to the right. We know what this means and give him a gentle pat before turning back.
autumn equinox
a changing sky lights up
the heather
© Xenia Tran
Eivor seems to know how much time we have before the rain reaches us and we always take his advice.
The innate wisdom of the dogs and animals that guide us are a true inspiration and this is Eivor and Pearl’s contribution to Tina’s lovely Inspiration challenge.
In case you missed it, our earlier contribution is here.
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a happy Autumn/Spring Equinox tomorrow,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/2.8 – 1/200 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 160 and f/5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #115: Inspiration
Carpe Diem Time Challenge #3: Moorland
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #157: Autumn Equinox
Word of the Day Challenge: Timely
the day’s palette
a hazy blue and green
at high tide
tomorrow’s footprints
wait for us in sand and sea
© 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.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/5.6 – 1/800 s – ISO 200 and f/4.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
Nurturing Thursday: Letting Things Go
Tanka Thursday: Tomorrow
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Footprint
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #45
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 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Word of the Day Challenge: Terrain
The crowds have left the beaches and a new calm returns. We are grateful the sand remains as pure and clean as we found it in our lockdown days. The rising sun takes the edge of the sharp wind that blows in from the North. As Eivor chases a yellow ball, we reflect how all that’s gone before has brought us to this moment.
new coolness
even in circles the path
remains a path
© 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.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/320 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #156: New Coolness
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #114: Negative Space
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 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #44
Word of the Day Challenge: Empathy
healing the past
nature smooths the lines
of old defences
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a wonderful new week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ 200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 1/1250 s – ISO 100.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word 2020 – 1st ed (Rift & Span)
Word of the Day Challenge: Pattern
daybreak
a band of mist rises
into blue
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 100, f/5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #321: Morrow & Surge (daybreak & rise)
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word 2020 – 1st ed (Estival)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Bask
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/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 125, f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #43
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Prize
We are grateful and delighted to support Children with Cancer UK through the sale of Between Heather and Grass in memory of our nephew Jamie Baker.
It was lovely to make our first donation to this wonderful charity. Children with Cancer UK works hard to find better and kinder ways to treat children with cancer.
If you want to support the charity directly please visit their website here where you can find out how to make a difference.
We have also made our first donation to Dogs Trust, in memory of Flynn, Fergal, Seamus and Ruby.
Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and has been caring for dogs in need for more than 128 years. They take in dogs that have been abandoned or handed in by owners who could no longer care for them and find them new, loving forever homes.
They have micro-chipped more than 1.1 million dogs and neutered more than 827,000 dogs since 1999 and provided special foster homes for dogs from families fleeing domestic violence. In addition to these services they run educational programmes in schools, training programmes for owners and actively campaign on dog welfare-related issues.
To find out more about their work or to support Dogs Trust directly, please visit their website here.
A very big thank you to all you fabulous people who have bought a copy of Between Heather and Grass, left a review and helped to spread the word and raise awareness of these two wonderful charities.
If the book is new to you please click on the icon below for a peek inside.
Wishing you all a very happy Monday and a great start to the new the week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Fantabulous
Word of the Day Challenge: Ecstatic
