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: Calm Wind

close up of a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket in a snowy forest

calm wind
the sun fills the forest
with snow stars
how sweet their lives overlap
a moment with ours

© Xenia Tran

snow resting on spruce and pine in the forest

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.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Content

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

Tanka: First Greens

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket running up a bank in the forest

first green shoots
between the last brown leaves
how smooth
your beautiful otherness
changes with the season

© Xenia Tran

leafless birch lit up by the winter sun

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.

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Change

Tanka: Autumn Glories

Cairngorms National Park

a brindle whippet in a yellow jacket walking between pine and birch trees in the forest

leafless birch
a sense of home folded
in dappled light
we look up at the trees
across the rippled water

© Xenia Tran

a puddle reflecting the sky and nearby shrubs on 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 #227: Home Sweet Home

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #154

Puente Poetry: Well of Life

a smiling brindle whippet in a maroon jacket with a grey snood on a forest trail

here, in the forest
it is easy to feel at home dappled
with a sense of wonder

~ how rich life can be ~

when we drink from a well deep
within and believe when we see how
we are all part of nature

© Xenia Tran

a smiling brindle whippet in a maroon jacket with a grey snood on a forest trail

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: Easy

Word of the Day Challenge: Believe

Tanka: Where we Belong

close up of a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket

waiting for the sun
to shine her radiant light
where we belong
hope breathes and warms
the autumn wind

© Xenia Tran

a smiling brindle whippet in a red jacket on a forest trail

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: Wait

Word of the Day Challenge: Hope

Haiku: Feeding the Dream

close up of a woodburning stove with glowing embers

feeding the dream
a warm fire
that is home

© Xenia Tran

a brindle whippet stretching before a woodburning stove

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 #223: Flights of Fancy

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Random

Haiku: Intricate Reflections

a brindle whippet in a red jacket on a forest trail

gentle rain
leaves and lichen glitter
in the day’s peace

© Xenia Tran

close up of pine needles and lichen on the forest floor

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.

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #149 – Puddle Reflections

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Intricate

Tanka: New-Found Sparkle

close up of a brindle whippet looking up to her right in the forest

admiring
rocks and waterfalls
autumn leaves
the streams that thread
a new-found sparkle

© Xenia Tran

a waterfall with multiple streams cascading down over the rocks

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.

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #147

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Admire