Tag: shingle

Tanka: One by One

a smiling brindle whippet in a black jacket climbing over a bank of shingle

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

seals sunning on a sand bar near the mouth of the river

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

Haiku: The Gull’s Voice

two whippets running towards the beach beside a row of beach huts

after the snow
a thirst for summer
in the gull’s voice

© Xenia Tran

a set of freshly painted beach huts overlooking the sea

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

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 250, f/7.1 – 1/1600 s – ISO 400 and f/9 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.

Word of the Day Challenge: Thirst

Tanka: Leap

a black whippet leaping up bank of shingle with an orange ball

a dog leaps
onto a bank of shingle
every stone
polished by what it lived through
the stories that it holds

© Xenia Tran

a black whippet with an orange ball peering over a bank of shingle

We wish you all a very happy Thursday and a wonderful rest of the week,

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.

Becca’s Nurturing Thursday: Reflections

Word of the Day Challenge: Leap

Haiku: Periwinkle

two whippets in winter jackets striding across the shingle under a blue sky

relics from the sea
wrapped around the shingle
half shell, half air

© Xenia Tran

two whippets in winter jackets sniffing the shingle side by side

Wishing you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week,

with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/320 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160.

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #286: Ashes & Cocoon (Relic & Wrap)

Your Daily Word Prompt: Discover

Wordless Wednesday: Smooth River Stones

a blue and white whippet in a winter jacket sniffing the shingle and driftwood below the dunes
a black whippet in a winter jacket sniffing the shingle and driftwood below the dunes

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 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #76: On Display

Wordless Wednesday: Tidal Textures

two whippets striding across shingle covered in seaweed and driftwood
shingle and seaweed on the beach with the tide rolling in

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 – 1/800 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/500 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Textures

Word of the Day Challenge: Almost