the glint
of a decommissioned rig
– spring ocean
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 19 May 2023
We are taking a short break on this blog and will be back on Wednesday 7th June.
You can still find us active on our sister blog tomorrow and Monday.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful two weeks,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #250: Skyscapes or Cloudscapes
CMMC: May Alphabet – Any Word with an i (rig, shingle)
moonless sky –
the clouds clear
for green aurora
© Xenia Tran
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal Volume 5:1, Autumn/Winter 2021-22
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 #242: New Experiences
coming home … an apache tear still in my pocket
© Xenia Tran
haikuKATHA Issue 14, December 2022
We were treated to a spectacular display of the Northern Lights on Monday night and passengers on the Loganair Manchester to Inverness flight were offered a ring-side seat!
Apache tears are said to bring comforting and gentle support when you are grieving and when I put my hand in my pocket and felt the one still there, it sparked the above poem.
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 #227: Home Sweet Home
Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #154
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Displays
Our adult herring gulls were oozing calm while braving the snow (that followed Storm Eunice) from the top of their chimneys.
We hope you all stayed safe and wish you a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Close-Up
pink dawn
a swan family feeds
on the algae
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful new week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Aquatic
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Your Daily Word Prompt: Scintillate
lost and found
the barn key glitters
in the moonlight
© Xenia Tran
The Asahi Shimbun, 17 September 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 blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word September 2021 (Reachable, Linkage)
As sleet mingles with snow, we find ourselves in a new national lockdown. To protect ourselves, to protect each other, we want to do the right thing. We stay at home once more, create our own rituals in the lull between storms.
lighting candles
on your beach and mine
we close our eyes
open them in unison
and feel the love arrive
© Xenia Tran
Ribbons, Winter 2021: Volume 17, Number 1
We had a faint aurora on Friday night, visible with the naked eye, and the hand-held taken photographs with a low shutter speed created an almost abstract effect.
The poem was written three months ago and we’re hoping to start easing out of lockdown in mid-April.
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/8 s – ISO 3200.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #139: Special Moments
One Word Sunday: Light
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