Haiku: Beach Huts

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a black jacket running through the dunes

beach huts
anchored in the dunes
a light glows

© Xenia Tran

a row of multi-coloured beach huts on the edge of the dunes overlooking the sea

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.

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Sturdy

Tanka: Incoming Tide

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket between marram grass

incoming tide –
how fast it reclaims the sand
and rocks
the bladderwrack’s
golden colours

© Xenia Tran

close up of wet bladderwrack on the sands

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

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

CMMC: May Close Up or Macro

Word of the Day Challenge: Relevance

Tanka: Soft Clouds

a smiling brindle whippet in a black jacket walking through the dunes in the spring sunshine

soft clouds
moving east to west
sand shifts
with a quiet mind
we welcome earth’s small changes

© Xenia Tran

Take 5ive, 2023 Earth Day

close up of marram grass seed heads

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

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Ripple Marks

Your Daily Word Prompt: Definition

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

Tanka: Driftwood Trees

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a maroon jacket running on the beach

driftwood trees
scattered on land, in water
echoes of the wind
that bends the marram grass
and whirls a smile our way

© Xenia Tran

driftwood trees scattered on the beach, lagoon and bars

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

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

CMMC: March Alphabet – Two ‘E’s in a Word

Haiku: Snow Flurries

a smiling whippet in a yellow jacket walking through the dunes in the snow

snow flurries
each flake even softer
than it might be

© Xenia Tran

snow falling on the dunes and marram grass

May you all stay warm!

Wishing you a blessed Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Weekend Sky #82

CMMC: December Violet or White Color

Tanka: Smiles in the Grass

a smiling brindle whippet running through the dunes

oh may the fog lift
high enough so we can see
how you fly briefly
one smile after another
through the marram grass

© Xenia Tran

a smiling brindle whippet running through the dunes

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

with love from Misty and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Tanka Thursday: Lift

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #220: One Subject Three Ways

Haiku: Spring Breeze

a blue and white whippet in a winter jacket climbing through the dunes

spring breeze –
our shadows weave through
dunes and grasses

© Xenia Tran

a blue and white whippet in a winter jacket climbing through the dunes

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 #191: Curves

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Cluster

Wordless Wednesday: Frozen Sands

two whippets in winter jackets walking on frozen sand in the dunes
entangled frozen kelp and bladderwrack on the beach

Thank you again for your good wishes before we went on our short blogging break.

We hope you had a good week too and wish you a wonderful Wednesday!

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Tanka: Where the Heart Is

two whippets in the dunes

passing clouds
our hearts still walk
on the sunny side
collecting light and sharing it
wherever it is needed

© Xenia Tran

dunes with marram grass and pine trees overlooking the Moray Firth

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)