smiles …
to give and receive
these blessings
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia and Bria xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Xingfu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge 2024 Week 11
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Smiles
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #213
too wild for blue
to paint a clear horizon
rolling waves
carry our dreams
our stories from afar
© Xenia Tran
Laurels #1, February 2024
We are deeply honoured and delighted that the above tanka was published in the inaugural issue of Laurels, the Tanka Society of America’s new members-only online journal. Warm thanks to Richard L Matta for selecting my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
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.
Xingfu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge 2024 Week 8
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #210
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Moving On
ah this bliss
when the sun returns
tales of love
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and for those of you who celebrate, a happy Valentine’s Day too.
With love from Xenia and Bria xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Xingfu Mama’s Whatsover is Lovely Challenge 2024 Week 6
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #209
CMMC: February – Walnut Brown Color
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Sweet
an armful of
driftwood for the stove …
arctic wind
© Xenia Tran
15th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest
Selected Haiku Submission Collection
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia and Bria xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Xingfu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge 2024 Week 4
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #206
treasuring thoughts
and bringing them home
where mentors go
the flicker of a moth
lights a new candle
© Xenia Tran
Ribbons, Fall 2023: Volume 19, Number 3
Wishing you all a magical Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Contemplate
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #279: Magical
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #202
Cairngorms National Park
Many congratulations to Jez Braithwaite for hosting his 200th episode of the wonderful Water Water Everywhere challenge!
We wish you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #200
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 #275: Filling the Frame
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #198
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Energy
Early October we visited the small town of Killin in Stirlingshire, where the rivers Dochart and Lochay meet.
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 #273: Symmetry
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #196
Following on from last week’s post Twilight Rain, we are delighted to walk around the beaver wetlands during daylight hours to take a closer look at the landscape they have created.
Beavers were hunted to extinction in Scotland during the 16th century and we are delighted they are now being reintroduced as part of a rewilding programme. Conservation groups, green lairds and eco-farmers are working together and so far, the results are very positive.
They use stones, mud, grass, twigs and branches to create dams, beaver channels and beaver pools. The resulting wetlands are teaming with insects, plants and wildflowers and have attracted otters, water voles, herons, ducks and many invertebrates and amphibians.
Trees felled by beavers offer a natural form of coppicing and a welcoming habitat to fungi, insects and birds, such as owls and woodpeckers.
Even when the beavers are asleep, you can see their hand in everything around you.
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.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #190
CFFC: Allstate – You’re in Good Hands
Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Delight
twilight rain …
between fields and woods
beaver wetlands
© Xenia Tran
Apologies for the camera ‘noise’ and quality of these pictures. We could only see the beavers during their ‘working hours’ and despite the pouring rain, we decided to go for it.
It was a real treat to see them and the wetlands they have created as part of a rewilding programme in north Perthshire.
More photographs will follow, taken during daylight hours, to see the effect their reintroduction has on the landscape in next week’s post, Beaver Wetlands.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #189
CFFC: Nike – Just Do It!
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