Wordless Wednesday: Peaceful Morning

 

mute swan (cob) swimming in a natural pond

 

 

mute swan (cob) swimming along the opposite shore of a natural pond

With love from Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

 

Paula’s (Lost in Translation) Thursday Special: Zoom in, Zoom out

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Awakening

Wordless Wednesday

 

Haiku: Sweet Starling

 

starling on the ledge of a wooden birdfeeder looking at the camera

 

sweet starling
how many hearts
fly with you

© Xenia Tran

 

starling eating peanuts from a birdfeeder

This is our second contribution to the Earthrise Rolling Haiku Collaborative 2018 (a collaborative bird poem organised by the Haiku Foundation) and we wish you all a very happy World Haiku Day!

With love, Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

 

Carpe Diem Spring Retreat 2018: Light of the World

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Prolific

 

Haiku: Floating Swan

 

swan (cob) floating on the river with dancing lights

 

awakening
this light of the world
floating swan

© Xenia Tran

 

swan paddling the river with his left leg and resting his right leg on his back

We are delighted to feature this haiku (without the photographs) at the EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaborative 2018 and wish you all a wonderful new week!

With love, Xenia xxx

 

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

 

Carpe Diem Spring Retreat 2018: The Light of the World

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Awakening

Daily Prompt: Glimmer

 

Misty Morning on the River

 

swan (pen) on her nest in the mist on the river with cob guarding the nest from the water

 

red breasted merganser swimming through the mist on the river

 

swan cob guarding the pen and her nest in the river

We wish you all a peaceful and relaxing Sunday.

With love, Xenia xxx

 

Silent Sunday

Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Awakening

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Breathe