Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
heat-haze
every shade of blue
in sky and water
every shade of water and sky
in the day’s blue
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and wonderful new week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #154: One Photo Two Ways
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #197: Smoldering Hot (Moyuru)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Nuance
seals swim
in the distance
deep sand
soft and forgiving
the way the ancients speak
© Xenia Tran
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.
Settings: f/3.5 – 1/400 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100.
Tanka Thursday: Forgive
above the hills
and the gulls that hover
in limitless blue
there’s a space we call home
that lives inside us too
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/3.5 – 1/500 s – ISO 160 and f/5 – 1/320 s – ISO 100.
PI Poetry Prompt: Limit
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Ace
Word of the Day Challenge: Purity
ah the smell
of gorse blooming
here in the wetlands
the circle of seasons
continues to bring us peace
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a peaceful new 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 – 1/800 s – ISO 100, f/5.6 – 1/250 s – ISO 125 and f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 200.
PI Poetry Prompt: Circle
Lens-Artist Weekly Photo Challenge #139: Special Moments
Word of the Day Challenge: Sniff
quantum leap
nature has her way
of painting
small delights into
the day’s air
© 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: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/2.8 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.
Tanka Thursday: Air
Your Daily Word Prompt: Genial
sunshine breeze
a present
in the gull’s eyes
that looks older than today
even when it’s younger
© Xenia Tran
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.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/2000 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100.
Tanka Thursday: Present
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word (Variegated)
letting go
a swan pair shows
their cygnet
how deep water glitters
in sapphire blue
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a blessed start to the new month,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
PI Poetry Prompt #300: Deep Water
snow melts
in half the time
it takes to fall
we skip across the outcrops
carved by tide and wind
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Monday and a wonderful new week,
with love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/4.5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/5.6 – 1/800 s – ISO 400.
PI Poetry Prompt: Carve
at peace
the crow and I
side by side
we have more directions
in which to wander
© Xenia Tran
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.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200, f/5.6 – 1/250 s – ISO 160 and f/4 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.
Tanka Thursday: Bird(s) or Name of a Bird
Twiglet #214: We Have More
Thurday’s Special: Pick a Word – Cohabitation
leafless trees –
sledge trails and paw prints
line the field
where deep at night
the snow moon does her climbing
© 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.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 – 1/640 s – ISO 100, f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 100 and f/5.6 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.
PI Poetry Prompt: Climbing
Word of the Day Challenge: Sprightly
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