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 – 1/250 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/320 s – ISO 100.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #34
Cee’s Flower of the Day
We are taking a short blogging break and will be back next Wednesday.
Wishing you all a blessed day and a wonderful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/60 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/80 s – ISO 100.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge#101: One Single Flower
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Cherish
Wishing you all a peaceful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/250 s – ISO 100, f/3.2 – 1/320 s – ISO 100 and f/3.2 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.
Cee’s Flower of the Day
north wind
lilies of the valley
shelter in place
© Xenia Tran
We’re delighted that this haiku is featured in Haiku Dialogue: Haiku Prism – White, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 20 May 2020. A very big thank you to guest editor Tia Haynes and post manager Lori Zajkowski for putting this edition together.
The return of the arctic winds inspired a number of poems, including Arctic Breeze on our sister blog Whippet Wisdom.
Wishing you all a peaceful Wednesday and may you stay safe and well,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.
Sunshine’s Macro Monday #42
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Return
Cee’s Flower of the Day
A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals:
White 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.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/640 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.
Sunshine’s Macro Monday #41
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and may you all stay safe and well,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 160 and f/3.5 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100.
Sunshine’s Macro Monday #40
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Apple Blossom
awakening
first apple blossoms
brimming with hope
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/400 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100.
Carpe Diem’s Time Challenge: First Blossoms
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy Challenge #17: Start a Garden
Sunday Stills: Awakening
cherry blossom
going with the flow
of our new normal
© Xenia Tran
We’re delighted that this haiku is featured in Haiku Dialogue: Haiku Prism – Pink, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 29 April 2020. A very big thank you to guest editor Tia Haynes and post manager Lori Zajkowski for putting this edition together.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and may you stay safe and well,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 125, f/6.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200 and f/5.6 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #136: Late Cherry Blossom
Discover Prompt #22: Tempo
Cee’s Flower of the Day
A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals:
spring leaves
the space in my heart
a new fountain
© Xenia Tran
These images of the lunaria annua in our garden were taken on 5 April, 15 April and 23 April respectively.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
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 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/100 s – ISO 100.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #94: Home
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Year of the Nurse
We are deeply honoured and delighted to be part of EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2020, a collaborative poem created by haiku poets from around the world.
The theme for 2020 was The Year of the Nurse and we submitted six previously unpublished haiku for this wonderful project. We are sharing three of them here today, the other three were posted on our sister blog Whippet Wisdom on Monday 20 April 2020.
flowering tulips
retelling the story
how she survived
© Xenia Tran
great aunt Faye
the bell in her voice
still ringing
© Xenia Tran
deep gratitude
when nothing is expected
rainbow windows
© Xenia Tran
In the Scottish Highlands people are displaying rainbow colours in their windows in gratitude for all the hard work key workers are doing and as a greeting to anyone passing by on their daily walk or exercise during the lockdown.
The woman in the photograph is my great-aunt Faye Doherty (1914-2006), who was a nurse. Some of the haiku in today’s post and Monday’s post were inspired by her, her kindness and her dedication to the work she loved.
The full set of contributions to EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2020 is available as a free download here. A very big thank you to all the contributors and to Jim Kacian and the Haiku Foundation for putting this edition together.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and may you stay safe and well,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr. The photograph of Faye Doherty was taken by my late grandfather.
Friendly Friday Photo Challenge: Something Good
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Discover Prompt #14: Book
Discover Prompt #19: Three
A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals:
