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)
moonless sky –
the clouds clear
for green aurora
© Xenia Tran
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal Volume 5:1, Autumn/Winter 2021-22
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.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #242: New Experiences
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
evening snow
one by one she packs
the bare branches
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 30 December 2022
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #232: Looking Back
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #161
snow rumbles
even in the stove
football fever
© 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.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #229: Perfect Patterns
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Reinvent
coming home … an apache tear still in my pocket
© Xenia Tran
haikuKATHA Issue 14, December 2022
We were treated to a spectacular display of the Northern Lights on Monday night and passengers on the Loganair Manchester to Inverness flight were offered a ring-side seat!
Apache tears are said to bring comforting and gentle support when you are grieving and when I put my hand in my pocket and felt the one still there, it sparked the above poem.
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.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #227: Home Sweet Home
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #154
eastern light
how time slips by
since your passing
© Xenia Tran
haikuKATHA Issue 10, August 2022
With warm thanks to Kala Ramesh, who encouraged me to write a new haiku to go with the header image, and create a haiga.
Wishing you all a blessed Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Clouds
gentle rain
tea is steeping
on the warmer
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 3 June 2022
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
CFFC: Brings a Smile to Your Face
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Focus
their own nest
between rooftops
cherry blossom
© Xenia Tran
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 5:2, Spring-Summer 2022
A warm-hearted thank you to all of you who showed so much kindness and love after the loss of our beloved Eivor and Pearl last month. Your prayers and healing have brought us great comfort.
We had no intention of fostering or adopting another dog so soon until angels both in heaven and on earth brought a sweet elderly whippet into our lives whose owner had passed away unexpectedly.
We look forward to introducing her on our sister blog, Whippet Wisdom, early next week.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Your Daily Word Prompt: Catenate
first light
a surfer tries his luck
on the waves
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #130
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Achievement
Tranature 
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