Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
sandcastle
old defences catch the sea
on a new day
© 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.
Settings: f/2.8 – 1/640 s – ISO 100, f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
Friday Fun Challenge: Beach
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #320: Day & Flaw (Day & Catch)
Word of the Day Challenge: Accidental
Cove Bay
The stones are dripping with seaweed, marvellous and green between sand and silt, where the water has been. Clambering down these rocks I wonder where their stories began. Like all the other stories floating around us and within us. From wolf to hound. From ancestors whose language I cannot speak, even though it sounds familiar.
waves echo
through the open window
a seagull’s song
© Xenia Tran
Below is a video by Julie Fowlis and friends, performing the Gaelic folk song Bothan Airigh am Braigh Raithneach:
You can see more images from Cove Bay in our posts Cove Bay, Rock Around a Cove and Nature’s Layers.
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 – 1/320 s – ISO 160, f/4 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
Kate’s Friday Foto Fun: Layers
Your Daily Word Prompt: Origin
A newer version of this poem features in Between Heather and Grass. If you haven’t read the book yet, feel free to take a peek inside:
ocean wave
a fairy dancing
in my eye
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a very happy and balmy 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 – 1/2000 s – ISO 160 and f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160.
Kate’s Friday Foto Fun: Waves
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Balm
Word of the Day Challenge: Fairy
Glen Affric
The trail climbs between birch and Douglas fir. Protected from the breeze it carries us higher and higher. We hear water gushing below, the sound of insects humming.
wrapped around
these hills and glens
the hearts of many
© Xenia Tran
We stop to sniff the grass. Our companion finds the courage to walk onto a wooden platform and gaze over the cascading falls of Abhainn Deabhag.
in the bends
a burn and river meet
their own universe
© Xenia Tran
You can see images of the viewing platform in our post Plodda Falls on our sister blog Tranature. It is a real treat to walk here.
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/100 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/100 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/60 s – ISO 100.
Kate’s Friday Foto Fun: Luxury
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Courage
Glen Affric
The upturned roots look like a figure walking, cloaked in brown velvet from another time. A snail’s slick silver lines awaken our curiosity. We follow a ribbon of moonlight between lichen and moss.
an eagle calls
whose star greets the sky
in these moments
© 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 250 and f/3.2 – 1/60 s – ISO 160.
We are deeply honoured and delighted that the above haiku has subsequently been featured as part of the World Haiku Series 2019 organised by the Akita International Haiku Network, together with a Japanese translation by Hidenori Hiruta.
Kate’s Friday Foto Fun: Mythical
dVerse Poets Quadrille #79: Up with Poems, People
Twiglet #125: A Snail’s Slick
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
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