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
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
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
Caledonian Canal and Loch Ness
morning cruise –
happy hospitality
for Nessie-hunters
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 6 May 2022
We were not sure what we were seeing in the distance and cropped the image:
At first I thought it was a wave, then I wondered whether it was driftwood. Could it be Nessie? I am not sure what we are looking at here, so if you have any idea, please let me know!
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead.
I am taking a short blogging break and will be back on Sunday 12 June 2022.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Nautical Blue
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #202: Minimalism – Maximalism
second-hand bookstore
a blue and yellow candle
lit in the corner
© Xenia Tran
Haiku Dialogue, The Haiku Foundation, 9 March 2022
It is heart-breaking to see what is happening in the world today because of one man’s fear of open and honest conversation.
It is heart-warming to see how many of us are working together for peace and freedom at the same time.
Yesterday’s visit of friendship to Kyiv by the Prime Ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia and Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister hopefully marks another step on the road to peace.
When you look more closely at the actions taken by people in support of peace for Ukraine, they all come from a place of kindness and compassion. Each and every one of these actions make a statement and make a difference.
Last Monday I signed an Open Letter (organised by The Society of Authors) to the writers, illustrators and translators of Ukraine expressing our solidarity. When I looked at the signatures more closely, I noticed that the name above mine was almost the same as my late grandmother’s. She was nearly 101 years old and lived through two World Wars.
Had she been alive today, I’m sure she would have signed the Open Letter too.
Wishing for peace and freedom in Ukraine and wishing you all a blessed Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #190: Close and Closer
Word of the Day Challenge: Statement
Cullen skink and stovies
a lunch-time line forms
in the rain
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 18 February 2022
Cullen Skink is a popular fish soup along the Moray coast, where it is served in many restaurants, cafés and takeaways. Seeing people wait in line outside a takeaway inspired the above haiku.
This traditional Scottish soup originated in Cullen, a town that has featured a few times on this blog, most recently in January’s post Seatown.
It is an easy dish to prepare yourself. Some people use onion, we prefer leek. Some people use mashed potato with cream, we prefer cubed potato, steamed in their skin.
Ingredients:
Organic leek, organic potato, smoked haddock, milk, parsley (or lovage).
Method:
Wash, peel and chop the leek, wash and cube the potatoes. Steam the potatoes for approximately 15 minutes, the leek for 10 minutes.
In a separate saucepan, poach the smoked haddock in semi-skimmed milk for five minutes. Remove the haddock with a strainer and transfer it onto a plate. When the fish is cool enough to touch, flake it into large pieces, removing any bones, and return it to the milk in the pan.
Add the steamed potato and leek to the milk and haddock and heat together for another five minutes. Serve and garnish with fresh parsley et voilà – you have a simple, wholesome dish for any occasion.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Thank you Cee for honouring us with this post as a CMMC Featured Blogger!
CMMC: Close-Up or Macro
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Wholesome
Word of the Day Challenge: Occasion
Cairngorms National Park
COP26…
small seeds are sown
to save the forests
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 19 November 2021
We are deeply honoured and delighted that the above haiku has also been included in the World Haiku Series 2021, with a beautiful Japanese translation by Mr Hidenori Hiruta.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
CFFC: Reflections or Shadows
crabapples
rinsed by rain she gathers
the windfall
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 5 November 2021
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Forty Shades of Red
Cee’s Flower of the Day
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