from Sahara
to Moray Coast …
house martins
build a nest in harmony
with mud from the flow
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #259: Unbound
Bird of the Week Invitation XXII
It was lovely meeting this hooded crow family on a recent walk.
Wishing you all wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Quirky
Bird of the Week Invitation XXI
It is lovely to see the young swan pair back on the river with a new nest.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
(For Joe)
quiet falls
where you once stood
a great blue heron
pauses to feed
beside his own reflection
© Xenia Tran
haikuKATHA Issue 16, February 2023
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a blessed and peaceful 2023.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #160
CFFC: Feathers
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
CFFC: Birds
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #198: Light and Shadow
Our adult herring gulls were oozing calm while braving the snow (that followed Storm Eunice) from the top of their chimneys.
We hope you all stayed safe and wish you a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Close-Up
It is an honour and a great pleasure to contribute four photographs to the 2022 Calendar for the River Nairn Swans & Waterfowl Trust that cares for our local river wildlife.
The river meets the sea here and we are blessed with the regular company of our resident swan family, mallard ducks, mandarin duck, goosander, oystercatcher, herring gull, heron and occasional visits by redshank, cormorant, wigeon and seals hunting for salmon.
Joe Telfer from the River Nairn Swans & Waterfowl Trust cares for injured birds and orphaned ducklings until they are ready to be released back into the wild and provides extra food when it is needed.
Our local wildlife is a great inspiration to me and I’m delighted to be able to give something back.
Copies of the 2022 Calendar are available from River Nairn Swans & Waterfowl Trust, Nairn Bookshop and Strachans.
A special thank you to Iona Gibson for putting this beautiful calendar together.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #160: Your Inspiration
CFFC: It’s a Small World
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/1.8 – 1/4000 s – ISO 140, f/1.8 – 1/4000 s – ISO 160 and f/7.1 – 1/2000 s – ISO 400.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #144: Taking Flight
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