the glint
of a decommissioned rig
– spring ocean
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 19 May 2023
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)
queen bee –
in spring’s waters
a new humming
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 5 May 2023
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.
Cee’s Flower of the Day
CMMC: May Color – Imperial Purple
It was lovely to see this white tailed bumblebee collect pollen from a periwinkle flower.
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.
CMMC: May Close Up or Macro
double daffodils –
the shape of a journey
in the rain
© 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.
Cee’s Flower of the Day – Double Daffodil
CMMC: April – Pick a Topic from my Photo (Flowers)
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.
Cee’s Flower of the Day
CFFC: Found in Nature
CMMC: April Close Up or Macro
owl song –
mother’s hair as white
as the field
© Xenia Tran
The Bamboo Hut, Issue One, 2023
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #234: Messages
CMMC: February Close Up or Macro
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.
CMMC: December Close Up or Macro
autumn moon
my first sixty years
of wandering
© Xenia Tran
haikuKATHA, Issue 13, November 2022
I wrote this poem just after my 60th birthday (end of September) and am delighted it was published yesterday in haikuKATHA. Warm thanks to the editorial team and congratulations to all the other poets featured in this issue.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and to our friends in the US, a happy Thanksgiving too.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #226: Textures
CMMC: November Alphabet – T in the Middle or at the End of a Word
bumpy road
a postman helps inflate
the tyres
© Xenia Tran
Under the Basho, 16 November 2022
With warm-hearted thanks to the kind postman in Cannich who helped us continue on our journey.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
CMMC: Pick a Topic from my Photo (buildings, houses, trees)
forest trail
a frog meets and parts
with its shadow
© Xenia Tran
haikuKATHA, Issue 11, September 2022
The above haiku is a variation on Trust, as the frog’s movements reminded me of a moment when Eivor and Pearl were meeting and parting with their shadows on a forest trail two years ago.
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.
Sunday Stills: Life is Made Up of Fleeting Moments
CMMC: October Pick a Topic from My Photo (Path, Grass, Shadow)
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