cees flower of the day

Wordless Wednesday: The Name of the Flower

macro shot of mathiola incana alba with one white flower open

macro shot of mathiola incana alba with the outer white flowers open

This tiny flower has appeared in our garden and might have come from a wind-blown seed. An internet search tells me it is called Mathiola Incana Alba. I hope she stays around for a while!

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/100 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 125.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunshine’s Macro Monday #29

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Tanka: Beech Tree

close up of the base of a moss-covered tree trunk with autumn leaves and grass in the foreground

piling up
leaves spin and weave
warm blankets
coloured by sunlight
in the wild, October wind

beech tree in Autumn colours, branches forming an arch over the woodland path

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/2.8, 1/160 s, ISO 160 and f/5, 1/50 s, ISO 320.

Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally

Cee’s Flower of the Day: Maple Leaves

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #16: Big can be Beautiful too

Haiku: Orange Poppy

a single orange poppy flower in a field with long grass and wildflowers

all by herself
in this field of Summer
orange poppy

close up of a single orange poppy flower in a field with long grass and wildflowers

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, f/6.5, 1/400 s, ISO 100 and f/6.5, 1/640 s, ISO 160.

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Field

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Rag Tag Daily Prompt #64: Novel

Haiku: Buttercup

buttercup
wrapped around a glimpse
from heaven

macro shot of the stems at the heart of a buttercup

We wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week!

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5, 1/2000 s, ISO 160 and f/5, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

Terri’s Sunday Stills: Macro or Close-up Photography – is there a difference?

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Zing

Haiku: Raindrops Sparkle

macro image of raindrops on a flowering pink sweat pea

sweet pea
her fragrance sparkles
in the rain

macro image of raindrops on a flowering white sweat pea

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5.6, 1/320 s, ISO 100 and f/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

Carpe Diem #1475: Raindrops Sparkle

Cee’s Flower of the Day

The early morning drizzle is full of promise. Scorched fields of grass and droopy gardens sigh with relief when the promise turns to rain. After a heatwave and hose-ban to preserve diminishing pools of water flowers raise their heads in gratitude, singing full of colour.

snapdragon
from the edge of satin
her own moon

macro shot of a raindrop hanging from pink and yellow snapdragon

It is such a treat to have some rain again.

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4, 1/1000 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/640 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Treat

Cee’s Flower of the Day: Bearded Iris

Twiglet #84: Satin Edge

dVerse Poets: Open Link Night #224

Silent Sunday: Lilac Rose

macro shot of lilac rose with a rain drop and green leaf

macro shot of the centre of a lilac rose with a rain drop

Happy Sunday everyone!

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5, 1/160 s, ISO 100 and f/5, 1/125 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.

Cee’s Flower of the Day: Bearded Iris

Jenn’s (Traveling at Wits End) Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers

Silent Sunday

Haiku: Swimming

a female mallard duck swimming by flowering waterlilies

swimming
among the waterlilies
the kindest eyes

waterlilies in full bloom on the loch

a female mallard duck swimming past waterlily pads

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/640 s, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/500 s, ISO 100 and f/6.3, 1/400 s, ISO 100.

Carpe Diem #1454: Swimming (oyogi)

Cee’s Flower of the Day: Allium Bud

Rag Tag Daily Prompt #20: Check

Haiku: Bellflower

macro shot of an open purple bellflower

where seeds land
given a chance they grow
a sea of purple

purple bellflowers in the sunshine

macro shot of a purple bellflower

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4, 1/400 s, ISO 100, f/4, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/1250 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.

Cee’s Flower of the Day: Delphinium

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: New

Carpe Diem #1457: Luxurance (shigeri)

Haiku: Chive Blossoms

empty salad bowl
too beautiful to eat
these flowers

chive blossom
in every flower seed
a promise sings

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5, 1/2000 s, ISO 100 with DMW-LC55 lens.

We are deeply honoured and delighted that the first haiku of this sequence and another haiku from our blog, Garden Buddha, have been featured as part of the World Haiku Series 2019 organised by the Akita International Haiku Network, together with a Japanese translation by Hidenori Hiruta.

Carpe Diem #1446: Mandarin Orange Blossoms

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Promise

Cee’s Photography: Flower of the Day