Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Your Daily Word Prompt: Scintillate
Wordless Wednesday: Scintillating Sunrise
Tag: boats
Silent Sunday: Safe Haven
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Sanctuary
Haiku: A Helping Hand
blown off-course
the coastguard gathers
at the boat slip
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 4 June 2021
I wrote this haiku in honour of the volunteers from the RNLI who will go out in all weathers to rescue people from our seas, lakes, rivers and floods.
If you want to find out more about what they do, are interested in volunteering or wish to support them in other ways please visit their website here.
Wishing you all safe harbour,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Question
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word – Flow, Tidal
CFFC: Blue
Tanka Prose: The Pier at Findochty
One of the pastimes my husband and I enjoy during this lockdown is going through old photographs of places we visited.
On a beautiful day in December 2019 we drove to the small fishing village of Findochty on the Moray Coast. We chatted with some friendly local people, walked around with our dogs and took a few photographs. It was the first time we had come here in Winter and we loved the beauty of the light in the cold air. I wrote a few poems while we were there, including this one.
Most of the sailing boats are on the quayside, masts folded. Fresh paintwork glitters in the morning sun. There is still the odd ice patch, in the shadows of the harbour. A small dog slips as he scampers up the brae.
watching over us
a seated fisherman
full of stories
my eyes begin to wander
past the lighthouse, out to sea
© Xenia Tran
Ribbons, Winter 2020: Volume 16, Number 1
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/4 – 1/640 s – ISO 160, f/4.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200 and f/5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 160.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #97: Pastimes
dVerse Poets MTN: 5-Line Japanese Poetic Forms
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