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Silent Sunday: Hanging On To Light

macro shot of an opening purple crocus bud

I am very grateful for all the amazing work the health service and everyone else who is making a positive difference is currently doing.

Following the example of Spain, France, The Netherlands and India, the UK is now organising a #clapforourcarers event on Thursday 26th March at 8pm where we can show our appreciation with a massive round of applause. You can clap your hands on your doorstep, balcony or indoors and share it online through social media.

Hoping 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 – 1/100 s – ISO 200, f/4 – 1/50 – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 100.

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Hang On

Your Daily Word Prompt: Bearing

Wordless Wednesday: Emerging Green

macro shot of a tall blade of grass with raindrops

macro shot of a tall blade of grass with raindrop spheres and drops

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and hope you are all safe and well,

with love from Xenia xx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/100 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/200 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday Stills: Up Close and Personal to Green

Jez Braithwaithe’s Water Water Everywhere #19

Wordless Wednesday: Thriving Viburnum

macro shot of three viburnum flowers from a cluster

We are taking a short blogging break and will be back on Wednesday 11th March 2020.

Wishing you all a blessed Wednesday 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 – 1/320 s – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/500 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/250 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunshine’s Macro Monday #31

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Haibun: Treasures in a Bucket

macro shot of sleet falling in a bucket of water

While I am feeding the birds sleet begins to fall and the wind picks up. The sleet is heavy and slightly slanted, creating wonderful patterns in the water in one of the buckets I use to catch the rain.

fleeting snow
the Buddha and angels show us
they’re always here

macro shot of sleet and raindrops hitting the water in a bucket

Brian at the Rag Tag Daily Prompt invites us to share examples of Pareidolia.

Pareidolia is the perception of an object, a pattern or meaning seen by the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds or seeing faces in inanimate objects or assigning human characteristics to objects.

Tina at Lens-Artists is looking for treasures (with a bonus point if you include a bucket) and Merril at dVerse Poets is inviting us to write about impermanence.

Wishing you all a magical Thursday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/13 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/10 s – ISO 200.

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #85: Treasure Hunt

dVerse Poetics: Impermanence

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Pareidolia

Haiku: Treasures

macro shot of green shoots growing through moss with raindrops

wet snow on green leaves
their newness just beginning
to shape itself

macro shot of aindrops on a young green shoot

Wishing you all a blessed Sunday 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 – 1/40 s – ISO 200.

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #127: Waters of Spring

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #85: Treasure Hunt

Wordless Wednesday: The Name of the Flower

macro shot of mathiola incana alba with one white flower open

macro shot of mathiola incana alba with the outer white flowers open

This tiny flower has appeared in our garden and might have come from a wind-blown seed. An internet search tells me it is called Mathiola Incana Alba. I hope she stays around for a while!

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 – 1/100 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 125.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunshine’s Macro Monday #29

Cee’s Flower of the Day