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Wordless Wednesday: Flowers in the Detail

macro shot of forget-me-not open flowers and buds

Thank you for all your good wishes before we went on our Summer break, we hope you all enjoyed your week too!

I’ll be catching up on my reader and wish you all a wonderful Wednesday!

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4.5 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100, f/4.5 – 1/1250 s – ISO 160 and f/4.5 – 1/2000 s – ISO 160.

Wordless Wednesday

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #54: Detail

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Close-Up of Flowers

Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in July (Y4) – refulgent, nuances

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Gratitude

Wordless Wednesday: Chive Blossom

macro shot of a chive bud opening into blossom

macro shot of a chive blossom newly flowered with a bumble bee feeding

macro shot of a mature chive blossom in dappled evening light

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 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100, f/3.5 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100, f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/4.5 – 1/640 s – ISO 100.

Wordless Wednesday

Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: Flower

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Haiku: Two-Tone Daffodil

macro shot of a two-tone daffodil bud partially opening

golden hearts
born again each spring
these flowers

macro shot of a two-tone daffodil flower head

Wishing you all a blessed Monday and a wonderful new week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2 – 1/400 s – ISO 160 and f/3.2 – 1/400 s – ISO 100.

Sunday Stills: Spring

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Wordless Wednesday: Green Wonder

green budding leaves with a heart-shaped raindrop

macro shot of green budding leaves with a heart-shaped raindrop resting on one leaf

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.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday Stills: Show Us Something Green

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Wonder

Silent Sunday: The Gift of Love

macro shot of white icicle flowering currant, partially blossoming

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 and f/3.5 – 1/250 s – ISO 100.

Silent Sunday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Haiku: A Drop of Bliss

macro shot of rain drops inside young green leaves

water falls
between growing leaves
the pure land

Wishing you a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.5 – 1/80 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/125 s – ISO 200.

We are delighted that the above haiku has been included in the Haiku Foundation’s EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration 2019. Our haiku Celtic Mist and Garden Buddha are also included. A very big thank you to Jim Kacian and all at the Haiku Foundation who helped put this project together.

Carpe Diem #1622: Kumano Kodo … CD Imagination

Paula’s Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word In March Y4 (inversion, circuitous)