The blue flowers (with pink buds) above are Viper’s Bugloss, which the bees especially love, and the purple flower is Corncockle. You can see more wildflowers in our recent posts Wonderful World, Happy Reunion and Nature’s Mandalas.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Friendly Friday Challenge: Wildflowers
Cornflower
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
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CMMC July: Close-up or Macro
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
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Word of the Day Challenge: Reunion
a red rose
how grandmother blushes
when she sees him
after all these years his voice
the longest in her mind
© Xenia Tran
When my grandmother moved into a retirement home she met her first True Love (from High School) at the breakfast counter and it felt as if they’d never been apart.
He placed a red rose on her breakfast plate each morning and they had one blissful, love-filled year together before he passed away.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Red Rose was first published in Ribbons, Spring/Summer 2021: Volume 17, Number 2. A very big thank you to Michael McClintock and the team at Ribbons for featuring my poem and putting this wonderful edition together.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #154: One Photo Two Ways
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Chamomile and Alpine Strawberry
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
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cherry blossom
an old pen
fills with ink
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
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The above haiku was first published in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 4:2, Spring/Summer 2021. A very big thank you to Bruce Ross for featuring my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
Your Daily Word Prompt: Twine
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White Lilac
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/1.8 – 1/3200 s – ISO 100 and f/1.8 – 1/4000 s – ISO 100.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flowers
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Wishing you all a peaceful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/1.8 – 1/320 s – ISO 100, f/4.5 – 1/80 s – ISO 100 and f/1.8 – 1/250 s – ISO 100.
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Between grass and fading shepherd’s purse a small cluster of Ornithogalum appeared, also known as Star of Bethlehem. This symbolic flower stands for hope, trust, honesty, solidarity and compassion.
Our thoughts are with our friends in Palestine and Israel and we hope a peaceful way forward can be found for the highest good of all.
from the shadows
a trail of stars
on earth
© 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.
Settings: f/6.3 – 1/1250 s – ISO 250, f/8 – 1250 s – ISO 500 and f/8 – 1/1250 s – ISO 360.
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/2.5 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
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