Tag: lens-artists

Haibun: Playground

a smiling brindle whippet in a black jacket running across the tidal sands

The wind is picking up as the tide flows out between rocks, exposing seagrass, bladderwrack and multi-coloured stones washed up from the river. A fishing boat heads west. The gulls that follow pour out high notes in excitement.

Rain is falling across the water. This side of the firth is still dry. We know that happy feeling that stirs inside when we are given extra time to enjoy these smells and sounds a little longer.

spring weather –
a smiling dog shows us
how to play

© Xenia Tran

a fishing boat and sailing boat beneath storm clouds approaching across the water and rain falling on the opposite shore

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekend Sky #101

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #250: Skyscapes or Cloudscapes

Sunday Stills: Appreciating Our Pets and Playgrounds

Puente Poetry: Clear Pools

a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket leaping across a small tidal pool on the beach

crystal clear pools
between rocks and sand
are a part of you
and the joy you spread

~ in your twilight years ~

becomes part of us too
when the sound of the sea
on the outside and the inside
dreams our world

© Xenia Tran

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket sprinting across tidal sands

Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a blessed rest of the week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #248: Mood

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #175

Tanka: The Clearest Water

a brindle whippet in a red jacket drinking clear water from a loch

descending
towards the ancient loch
a dog drinks
the clearest water
gleaming in the sun

© Xenia Tran

Loch an Eilein surrounded by pine in the spring sun

Wishing you all a happy Thursday, Happy Earth Day and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #245: Environments

Haiku: Sapphire Sea

a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket running across the beach

sapphire sea –
washing in and out of
a braided channel

© Xenia Tran

marram grass in the dunes shimmering in the sun above the beach

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #244: Glowing Moments

Haiku: Beach and Bars

a smiling brindle whippet in a maroon jacket running on the beach

beach and bars –
between their open arms
a new lagoon

© Xenia Tran

a large tidal lagoon on the Moray Firth

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #242: New Experiences

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #169

Haiku: Spring Sun

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket sniffing a snow man on the beach

spring sun –
a snow man smiles
near the water

© Xenia Tran

a smiling snow man on the snow-covered beach at the loch shore

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #241: Spring

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #168

Tanka: Woodland Stream

a woodland stream with leafless birch on the banks

woodland stream
her peace fills the air
we breathe
truth and innocence
the way life is meant to be

© Xenia Tran

a smiling brindle whippet running through brown and green grasses

We are taking a short blogging break and will be back on Monday 20 March 2023.

Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful week ahead,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #239: Finding Peace

Haiku: Catching the Light

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a yellow jacket walking on a forest trail

catching the light
in your eyes
a deep lochan

© Xenia Tran

young pine growing between withered heather

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Treasure

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #237: Bringing Softness

Haibun: Return to Inshriach

Today, we traveled south and east towards Glenfeshie. The scent of scots pine, rowan, birch, juniper and aspen fills the air. The trail is covered in pine needles and scattered cones. Among sleeping heather, young trees have found the space and light to grow, with a granny tree watching over her descendants.

We meet a group of walkers on the way, who make a fuss of Misty. An older lady herself, her enthusiasm for discovering new places is as fresh as ever.

high on the hill –
the pitter patter of
melting snow

© Xenia Tran

young scots pine growing between heather and older trees below the mountains

Wishing you all a happy Monday and peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Old

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #236: East Meets West, North Meets South

Haiku: Messages

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket walking beside a stream in a winter forest towards wind-blown lichen

sniffs and smells
a smile from the stag
in the lichen

© Xenia Tran

close up of lichen resting on fallen pine needles on the forest floor in the shape of a heart

Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #234: Messages