Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
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)
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
remembering
the light from the sun
in every leaf
the changing colours
of life itself
© Xenia Tran
cerulean sky
the light from the sun
in every cloud
a loving presence
of spirit
© Xenia Tran
This post is for Frank Jansen from Dutch Goes the Photo, who had to say goodbye to his beloved dog Bette last week. Run free sweet girl.
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 160, f/2.8, 1/1000 s, ISO 160 and f/2.8, 1/1000 s, ISO 100.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Memories
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word In November Y3 – Cerulean
airborne
in the hounds’ play
morning glory
© Xenia Tran
flying paws
how far can they run
autumn waves
© 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, 1/2000 s, ISO 100.
Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in November Y3 (Spurting)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Orchestrate
