Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
the day opens a new book
of sights, scents and sounds
for the eternally curious
canines we adopted
~ or is it the other way around? ~
who is walking who on any
given day when we take turns
to guide and follow a spark
that bounces from the stars?
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
PI Poetry Prompt: Reading
Sunday Stills: Geometry
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Sunday Stills: Ageless and Evergreen
CMMC: July – Pick a Topic from my Photo
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Coalesce
green dawn
all this light mirrored
in the leaves
© Xenia Tran
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.
Sunday Stills: Under and Over the Trees
Word of the Day Challenge: Self
snowy mountains
a bird appears
in the cloud
© Xenia Tran
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.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200, f/8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 1000 and f/5.6 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.
The above haiku has subsequently been published in EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2021 – Entering the Earth as part of a four-haiku sequence which includes my earlier poems Sunlight on her Wings and Seeds of Peace. A warm thank you to Jim Kacian and The Haiku Foundation for featuring my poems and putting this beautiful edition together.
Sunday Stills: Fog at My Feet, Head in the Clouds
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Penumbra
The strong winds have carried more driftwood to the beach. Some branches are chopped up and taken away to dry out for wood burners and open fires. Other pieces have been used to build shelters and huts along the beach. It brings a bit of joy and surprise whilst we are in lockdown.
snow-capped hills
still the sea flows in and out
a glacier blue
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a blessed week ahead,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 -1/800 s – ISO 160, f/5 – 1/400 s – ISO 200 and f/8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 1000.
Sunday Stills: Glacier Blue
Word of the Day Challenge: Wildly
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100, f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 160 and f/4.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.
Sunday Stills: Bodies of Water
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #41
wildflowers
blooming white and yellow
in the glen
a burn gurgles and lights
the shadow side of mountains
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed 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/2.8 – 1/800 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge # 151: Autumn Storm & Darkness
Twiglet #189: Blooming White
Word of the Day Challenge: Benevolent
Sunday Stills: Mountains and Valleys
The sea retreats as the sun rises, leaving ripples in sand and glittering water. It’s great to be back on the beach. Pearl runs after balls and catches them mid-air. Eivor walks more quietly and gazes past the headland. We both rest our eyes on the mountains and hear a gentle voice saying Stay, stay a little longer.
august moon
walking through tidal pools
a star follows
© Xenia Tran
The above haiku is an echo poem to the closing haiku in A Message from the Stars, a tribute to our nephew Jamie Baker (1977-1986) that features in Between Heather and Grass.
Below is a trailer video for the book which includes this haiku, as well as a clip of Eivor and Pearl on the beach you see in the photographs above.
A special post will follow later this month about the money we have raised so far with the sale of the book.
We wish you all a 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.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #150: Sturgeon Moon
Sunday Stills: Beautiful Beaches
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #39
dVerse Poets: Open Link Night #271
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Stars
a sense of peace
hangs bare in the unmasking
of the day’s blue
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a beautiful Tuesday,
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 and f/4 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100.
Sunday Stills: Awakening
Twiglet #175: It Hangs Bare
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Unmask
Wishing you all a very happy Earth Day,
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.
Sunday Stills: Honoring Mother Earth
Discover Prompt #22: Tempo
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Visual
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