Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
autumn woods
still this green holding
on to blue
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a very happy Thursday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/60 s – ISO 125, f/2.8 – 1/80s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/30 s – ISO 200.
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in October (Yr 4) – Symbiotic
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: How Green is Blue
Becca’s Nurturing Thursday
moving layers
dunes built by bent grass
a breath of love
© Xenia Tran
The forecast ‘Indian Summer’ has arrived in the Highlands and we’re enjoying some beautiful warm weather.
Wishing you all a wonderful Thursday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Becca’s Nurturing Thursday: Breathe
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in September (Yr 4) – Hot Dog
Word of the Day Challenge: Love
a mile wide
the dog’s smile lands
between the pebbles
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a very happy Thursday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in August Yr 4 (Earthward, Coeval)
Twiglet #140: A Mile Wide
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Pebble
Word of the Day Challenge: Zone
this summer blessed with sun
we walked ten miles and talked
of shorelines and geology
beyond amazed what has become
our tidal land, plucked from
desert, sea and glacier
we’re grateful time has brought us near
our gentle surf and all that glitters here
© Xenia Tran
Thank you for all your good wishes before we went on our Summer break, it’s lovely to be back!
The poem above links to the Cove Bay series we posted during the week before our holiday.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday 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 100.
dVerse Poets: Quadrille #83 & 8th Anniversary
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Gratitude
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in July (Yr 4) – bichrome, refulgent
Cairngorms National Park
at peace
celestial voices
crossing water
their talk of pine-clad mountains
streams into my heart
© 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 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/1600 s – ISO 160.
Twiglet #121: Voices Crossing Water
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in April Y4 (resplendent, alluring)
letting the light rest
between glen and mountainside
birds are singing
© Xenia Tran
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100 and f/3.2 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #79: Twittering
Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: Sunshine
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in April Y4 (alluring, timeworn)
The rafters are rattling as Storm Gareth sweeps by. The temperature has dropped again, the winter coats are on. The dunes look different. We can see roots of grass, seaweed in unfamiliar places.
a new trail
each curve and contour
sculpted by the waves
© Xenia Tran
We hope everyone in Storm Gareth’s path stays safe and dry.
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 and f/3.2 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word In March Y4 (Sabulous, Interstice)
Carpe Diem #1625: Kumano Kodo … A New Trail
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/1000 s, ISO 100 and f/3.5, 1/2000 s, ISO 100.
Paula’s Thursday’s Specials: Pick a Word in December Y3: Golden, Maroon, Aquamarine
The opposite shore is wrapped in morning mist, the snow-capped peaks invisible. Driftwood lies scattered on the sands. Here and there, a trunk rests upright. We greet red noses, wind-swept faces. Our eyes begin to water from the icy breeze.
leaves and trees
carried by the waves
winter mountains
© 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, 1/1250 s, ISO 100 and f/2.8, 1/1000 s, ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #64: Winter Mountains
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in December Y3 – Maroon
dVerse Poets: Open Link Night #234
dancing
in a beam of sunlight
our gratitude
for love, home and family
forever in our hearts
© Xenia Tran
Today is Thanksgiving’s Day in the US and we want to take this opportunity to say a very big thank you to all our blogging friends for their love and support, our friends who work as volunteers in the shelters and everyone who helps to make this world a better place.
If any of you want to join Eivor and Pearl in their dance, here are Mumford & Sons performing their song ‘Guiding Light’:
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/1250 s, ISO 100 and f/2.8, 1/2000 s, ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #61: Thanksgiving
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Grateful
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word In November Y3 – Radiating
