Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
grace moves
a dream that really is
Loch An Eilein
© 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.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/125 s – ISO 400, f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 500 and f/4 – 1/200 s – ISO 160.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #125: You Pick It
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #334: Grace & Slip (Grace & Move)
breath of the glen
crowns of pine and leafless trees
stretch towards the light
© Xenia Tran
We are deeply honoured and delighted to have a new haiku (in Dutch) included in the Haiku-kantelkalender 2021. The calendar features fifty-two haiku by poets from Belgium and The Netherlands and is available from Haiku-centrum Vlaanderen (9 Euro per calendar plus postage). A very big thank you to Ferre Denis and the team for including my poem and putting this beautiful calendar together.
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/640 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/400 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #333: Life & View (Breath & Stretch)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Crown
new beginnings
the sun tips her healing warmth
on autumn’s gold
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a very happy Monday and a peaceful 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 – 1/125 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/200 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/250 s – ISO 160.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word – 2020-3 (Aureate, Canine)
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #122: The Sun will come out Tomorrow
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #331: First & Heal (Beginnings & Healing)
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
forest trail
the dogs meet and part
with their shadows
© Xenia Tran
A later variation of this haiku was published in haikuKATHA Issue 11, September 2022 and features in our October 2022 post Meet and Part.
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a blessed new week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/500 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/800 s – ISO 160.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #109: Under the Sun
Word of the Day Challenge: Trust
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #318: Meet & Part
forest light
our mind soothed by green
and wild heather
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/400 s – ISO 100.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Fringe
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #317: Eye & Light
Word of the Day Challenge: First
our dogs’ world
once small, now widening
beneath their paws
deep sand and smooth stones
blessed by last night’s moon
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a blessed 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/4.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100, f/5.6 – 1/800 s – ISO 200 and f/4.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #314: Finger & Planet (Paw & World)
Your Daily Word Prompt: Adorn
ebb tide beauty
invisible dancers
ripple the sand
© Xenia Tran
Wishing 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: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100, f/5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100 and f/5.6 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #104: Summer
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #313: Dwindle & Ripple (Ebb & Ripple)
Echoes of drums and fiddles float through an open window, a virtual ceilidh in full swing. Dogs run big circles on the beach beside the turquoise water. My mind drifts and settles. Becoming sand, becoming sea.
new ways
to share our voice
spring sunshine
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a very happy Tuesday,
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 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
dVerse Poets Quadrille #106: Drum
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #310: Share & Voice
through a gap
between half-buried rocks
seaweed nods
towards the misted mirror
where memories sweep past
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Tuesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.
Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #309: Break & Glass (Gap & Mirror)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Distinction
Word of the Day Challenge: Honor
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
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