Haibun: Time to be Still

 

blue whippet in winter jacket walking on frozen shallows

 

Water knows there is enough time to be still. It seems like yesterday we walked on ice. Today the sun is higher in the sky and warms the shallows.

pause and flow
a surprise of butterflies
the first flower

© Xenia Tran

 

two whippets in black jackets walking through the shallows

We wish 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, 1/500 s, ISO 100 and f/5.6, 1/1000 s, ISO 100.

 

Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #25: Use that Quote

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
Rabindranath Tagore.

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #26: Triduum (or transformation)

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Favorite Place

 

Tanka: Fresh Water

Cairngorms National Park

 

blue whippet in winter jacket on snow covered forest trail

 

flowing
between the melting snows
a scent of pine
in nature’s opening
fresh water stirs my soul

© Xenia Tran

 

black whippet in winter jacket standing by a tree

 

a babbling burn with melting snows in pine forest

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5, 1/320 s, ISO 100, f/3.5, 1/160 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/400 s, ISO 160.

 

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Favorite Place

Carpe Diem #1393 – Spring is Coming

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Favourite Place

Cairngorms National Park

 

Winter forest in Cairngorms National Park

 

Snow covered forest trail towards a burn in Cairngorms National Park

 

blue whippet in winter jacket looking across the burn in Cairngorms National Park

 

two whippets in winter jacket on snow covered forest trail

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4, 1/400 s, ISO 100, f/4, 1/1250 s, ISO 160 and f/3.5, 1/2000 s, ISO 100.

 

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Favorite Place

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Place

Wordless Wednesday

 

Haiku: Spring Sun

 

a black whippet in winter jacket running on the beach with a green ball

 

spring sun
the season spins with joy
deep within

© Xenia Tran

 

a black whippet in winter jacket running on the beach with a green ball

Happy Spring everyone!

With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8, 1/500 s and ISO 160.

 

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Place

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #25: Spring Equinox

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Favorite Place