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
This will be my last Silent Sunday post for the year while I take a break to rest and recharge at weekends.
It has been a great pleasure participating in this weekly challenge for more than four years, where we let the images speak for themselves.
As from 1st August 2022, I will only be posting here on Wednesdays, whilst I continue to post on Mondays and Thursdays on our sister blog, Whippet Wisdom.
Thank you for all your fun shares, comments and visits on Sundays, it has been a true delight.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in July 2022 (Cove, Texture, Window)
salmon sky –
poppies lean the past
into the half light
© 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 #131
CFFC: Landscapes or Waterscapes
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Half Light
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
blown off-course
the coastguard gathers
at the boat slip
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 4 June 2021
I wrote this haiku in honour of the volunteers from the RNLI who will go out in all weathers to rescue people from our seas, lakes, rivers and floods.
If you want to find out more about what they do, are interested in volunteering or wish to support them in other ways please visit their website here.
Wishing you all safe harbour,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Question
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word – Flow, Tidal
CFFC: Blue
winter moon
her frost flowers
crystallise
ancestral blessings
from this year to the next
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed, happy and healthy New Year!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/200 s – ISO 100, f/5.6 – 1/80 s – ISO 160 and f/5.6 – 1/125 s – ISO 320.
Carpe Diem #1842: End of Year
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #171: New Year’s Day
Tanka Thursday: Year
We are taking a short blogging break for the holidays and will be back on Wednesday 30 December.
Wishing you a peaceful week ahead and Happy Holidays to those of you who celebrate,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #56
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Glitter
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 – 1/1250 s – ISO 100 and f/3.5 – 1/1600 s – ISO 100.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #54
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water
We were treated to a rare visit by basking sharks yesterday who came to feed on the plankton in the Moray Firth before starting their long migration to warmer climes.
They were swimming and feeding close to paddle boarders, kayaks and sailing boats and the people aboard featured in many of my photographs as a result.
If you recognise yourself in the image above or the slideshow below please get in touch through the contact form and I’ll be happy to send you a copy of the photograph.
We were watching from the shore and it was lovely to see these gentle giants.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #45
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Zephyr
Julie Williams, a Highland art student, is inviting people to send her photographs of the word hope created out of items found in their homes or on their daily walks for her HOPE Art Project. The idea is that every participant creates, through their own artistic expression, a historical record of their hope during the current Covid-19 crisis.
With this in mind I set off on our morning walk with my camera, trusting I would find a quiet place on the beach with enough natural materials to create the word hope while keeping a safe social distance from others.
Whilst creating the piece, I reflected on how everything I experience on my walks fills me with hope. The sea has never been cleaner, the sky never so blue. People are kind and looking out for one another. So many good things are happening alongside all the sadness and loss. I hope all the good things will stay.
After creating the piece I left it there for others to enjoy or add their own messages to it.
If you’d like to take part yourself, please visit Julie’s website here.
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/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 125, f/4 – 1/1000 s – ISO 100 and f/4 – 1/400 s – ISO 100.
Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy Challenge #18: Create Your Own Rainbow
Weekly Prompt Photo Challenge: Walkabout
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