Haiku: Glint

seals sunning themselves on a sand bar

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

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.

Weekend Sky #101

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #250: Skyscapes or Cloudscapes

CMMC: May Alphabet – Any Word with an i (rig, shingle)

Haiku: Queen Bee

close up of a honey bee feeding on lavender

queen bee –
in spring’s waters
a new humming

© Xenia Tran

The Asahi Shimbun, 5 May 2023

purple lavender in bloom

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

Wordless Wednesday: Periwinkle Pollen

macro of white tailed bumblebee feeding on a periwinkle flower
macro of white tailed bumblebee feeding on a periwinkle flower

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.

Wordless Wednesday

CMMC: May Close Up or Macro

Haiku: Double Daffodils

macro shot of double daffodils with raindrops

double daffodils –
the shape of a journey
in the rain

© Xenia Tran

macro shot of raindrops on and within a double daffodil

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)

Wordless Wednesday: White-Tailed Bumblebee

close up of a bumblebee hovering near flowering currant
close up of a bumblebee feeding on flowering currant

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.

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

CFFC: Found in Nature

CMMC: April Close Up or Macro

Haiku: Owl Song

close up of a snow-covered clematis seed

owl song –
mother’s hair as white
as the field

© Xenia Tran

The Bamboo Hut, Issue One, 2023

close up of snow-covered lunaria annua seed pods

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

Wordless Wednesday: Forest Lace

macro capture of bearded lichen and monkshood lichen growing on a dead branch
macro capture of monk's hood and beard lichen

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.

Wordless Wednesday

CMMC: December Close Up or Macro

Haiku: Milestone

a triangle carved in stone with an arrow and the words 'where are we really going? Always Home'

autumn moon
my first sixty years
of wandering

© Xenia Tran

haikuKATHA, Issue 13, November 2022

a pond surrounded by reeds with a pine forest and mountain in the background

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

Haiku: Kindness

close up of a red postbox in front of a wooden building

bumpy road
a postman helps inflate
the tyres

© Xenia Tran

Under the Basho, 16 November 2022

sun breaking through clouds above autumnal mountains

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)

Haiku: Meet and Part

a small burn flowing through the forest

forest trail
a frog meets and parts
with its shadow

© Xenia Tran

haikuKATHA, Issue 11, September 2022

an upturned tree stump on the banks of a burn

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)