Whippet Wisdom – a Highland Journey
A journey through the seasons with two adopted whippets, a poet and a camera
salted by tides
like they always have
– ancient rocks
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Misty and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in May 2023 (fibrous, mottled, natural)
CMMC: May Alphabet – Any Word with an i (whippet, herring gull, sail)
Word of the Day Challenge: Gradual
barnacles –
a distance from other times
on the rock
© Xenia Tran
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.
Word of the Day Challenge: Accumulate
incoming tide –
how fast it reclaims the sand
and rocks
the bladderwrack’s
golden colours
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Misty and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
CMMC: May Close Up or Macro
Word of the Day Challenge: Relevance
here, in the forest
it is easy to feel at home dappled
with a sense of wonder
~ how rich life can be ~
when we drink from a well deep
within and believe when we see how
we are all part of nature
© Xenia Tran
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: Easy
Word of the Day Challenge: Believe
The morning sun warms our faces and paints the rocks in amber and brown. After a cold, clear night, the sky’s pastel-blue is reflected in scattered tidal pools. Sea lettuce waves in the shallows, bladderwrack rests on rippled sand. Gutweed glitters between the barnacles stuck to exposed boulders. Misty walks through the water and even to us, it looks inviting. She slowly moves forward, careful not to make a sound. It is only then I realise, our twelve-and-a-half-year-old forever foster is stalking a crow.
instant recall
the bird with a crab
gets away
© Xenia Tran
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.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #152
Word of the Day Challenge: Invitation
waiting for the sun
to shine her radiant light
where we belong
hope breathes and warms
the autumn wind
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Misty and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Tanka Thursday: Wait
Word of the Day Challenge: Hope
white sands
as far as eyes can see
a smile follows
© Xenia Tran
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.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #136
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Sheer
Word of the Day Challenge: Display
left behind
by our loved ones
the voice
of the wind and sea
our future, our history
© Xenia Tran
The weather has been getting better and it is lovely to walk without coats on.
Wishing you all a happy Thursday and a blessed rest of the week,
with love from Misty and Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Word of the Day Challenge: Better
Tanka Thursday: History
We are beyond devastated to let you know that Pearl followed Eivor across the rainbow bridge this morning.
She took a bad turn yesterday afternoon with a racing heart and a high temperature and stayed at the vets overnight, where her condition initially became stable. This morning she took another bad turn and the vet said that the kindest thing was to let her go.
I spent an hour by her side before she slipped away and wished her the safest journey.
Pearl was the sweetest, bravest and cheekiest soul we were lucky enough to share so many wonderful years with in this life.
She and Eivor were inseparable and now they are together again.
I am taking a break from blogging on Whippet Wisdom for the moment and will post my haiku, haibun, tanka, and other poems and photographs on my nature blog, Tranature.
Thank you all for walking along with us here over the years. It has been a great pleasure to share the natural beauty as seen through the eyes of our beloved friends. Their spirit will always live on in our hearts.
Peace and blessings to you all and thank you for your friendship,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Word of the Day Challenge: Bereft
a new morning
all these ferns leaning
into light
© 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.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #200: Every Little Thing
Word of the Day Challenge: Super
Whippet Wisdom - a Highland Journey 
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