Wordless Wednesday: Spring Flowers

macro of a doronicum little leo bud

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

CMMC: April Colors – Yellow or Purple

Silent Sunday: Let There Be Light

close up of two violet tulips in bud
macro shot of a fully flowering Doronicum Little Leo

Wishing all of you a blessed Sunday and those of you who celebrate a Blessed Easter too.

Stay safe and healthy,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Settings: f/5.6 – 1/20 s – ISO 1250, f/3.5 – 1/160 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.

Silent Sunday

Sunday Stills: Lifted Spirits

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Discover Prompt #12: Light

Haiku: Yellow Curve

Doronicum Orientale Little Leo

macro shot of a Doronicum Orientale Little Leo bud

solar plexus
wisdom in the depth
of every flower

© Xenia Tran

macro shot of a Doronicum Orientale Little Leo flower and bud

This haiku was first published in Haiku Dialogue: Haiku Prism – Yellow, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 8 April 2020. A very big thank you to guest editor Tia Haynes and post manager Lori Zajkowski for featuring my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.

Wishing you all a very happy Thursday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/200 s – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/160 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/400 s – ISO 100.

Sunshine’s Macro Monday #36

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Discover Prompt #8: Curve

A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals can be found here:

Haiku: April Flower

macro shot of a yellow Doronicum Little Leo bud

yellow flower
sunlight rising
from the earth

© Xenia Tran

macro shot of a yellow Doronicum Little Leo bud with unfurling petals
macro shot of a yellow Doronicum Little Leo in full bloom

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 160, f/3.2 – 1/250 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/250 s – ISO 100.

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: April