![seals sunning themselves on a sand bar](https://tranature.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/lr-7427-2-tnb.jpg?w=840)
the glint
of a decommissioned rig
– spring ocean
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 19 May 2023
![a bank of shingle and the rolling waves of the firth beyond](https://tranature.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/lr-7412-2-tnb.jpg?w=840)
We are taking a short break on this blog and will be back on Wednesday 7th June.
You can still find us active on our sister blog tomorrow and Monday.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful two weeks,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #250: Skyscapes or Cloudscapes
CMMC: May Alphabet – Any Word with an i (rig, shingle)
Enjoy the break, Xenia. See you next month.
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Thank you kindly dear Lois, wishing you a wonderful two weeks too 🤗💖🐈 xxx
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Hope you all have a wonderful and peaceful break 💕🤗🐕 xxx
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Thank you kindly dear Cathy 💚 Misty and I will still be around tomorrow and Monday 🐾❤️🐾 Wishing you and sweet Flynn a wonderful and peaceful time too 🤗💕🐕 xxx
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Oops, so you will 🙈
Thank you, Xenia 💕🤗🐕xxx
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Gorgeous photos, Xenia.
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Thank you kindly dear LuAnne 💖 xxx
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Breathtaking views! Beautifully captured, Xenia.
Enjoy your break! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Amy, wishing you a lovely time ahead too! 💖 xxx
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Oh to be by the ocean again. Wonderful photos Xenia 😀
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Cee and for walking along with us here 💙
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Wishing you a relaxing and wonderful break, Xenia. Thank you very much for sharing this with my challenge 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Hammad and wishing you a blessed two weeks ahead too 😊
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Enjoy your travels, Xenia. A great send off of photos for us to enjoy.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Donna, wishing you a blessed two weeks ahead too 💖 xxx
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Enjoy, Xenia! x
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Thank you kindly dear Eliza! 💖 xxx
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Excellent. That seals the deal.
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Haha, thank you kindly dear John! 😊
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Have a wonderful break! The “seals the deal” is right. That’s what my eyes were drawn to.
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Aww thank you so much for your kind words dear Laurie and a blessed two weeks ahead to you too 💖 xxx
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Enjoy the break Xenia – loved your beautiful cloudscape. One wonders if one day we’ll have hundreds of decommissioned oil rigs 😩
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Tina. They are gradually decommissioning the rigs in the North Sea and bringing them inshore for dismantling and recycling the materials. It is seen as a positive development for wildlife and the marine environment, so fingers crossed it will turn out to be a good sign of things to come 💙🐳🐬 xxx
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Thank you kindly dear Ann-Christine! ❤ xxx
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