Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
salted by tides
like they always have
– ancient rocks
© Xenia Tran
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.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in May 2023 (fibrous, mottled, natural)
CMMC: May Alphabet – Any Word with an i (whippet, herring gull, sail)
Word of the Day Challenge: Gradual
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
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 #250: Skyscapes or Cloudscapes
Sunday Stills: Appreciating Our Pets and Playgrounds
sea haze
the pastel blues
of wholeness
a dog leaves happy prints
of circles in the sand
© Xenia Tran
Take 5ive, 2023 Earth Day
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: Petillant
beach huts
anchored in the dunes
a light glows
© Xenia Tran
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
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
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
barnacles –
a distance from other times
on the rock
© Xenia Tran
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.
Word of the Day Challenge: Accumulate
incoming tide –
how fast it reclaims the sand
and rocks
the bladderwrack’s
golden colours
© Xenia Tran
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
Beltane –
a fresh smell of grass
by the water
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and for those of you who celebrate, a happy Beltane festival too.
With love from Misty and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Enliven
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #173
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
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
one by one
they re-appear
sand bars
every day is earth day
for seals who catch the sun
© Xenia Tran
Take 5ive, 2023 Earth Day
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: Frolic
Sunday Stills: Adoration of the Earth
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
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