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
harvest moon
climbing a pylon
in the night sky
© Xenia Tran
Thank you again for all your good wishes before we went on our blogging break and we hope you had a good week too.
These images were taken a couple of nights ago when the moon had a lovely glow.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and happy moon-gazing when we see the full moon tomorrow,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #158: Harvest Moon
Word of the Day Challenge: Sustain
Thursday’s Special: Pick A Word 2020-2 (Lunar)
spending time
with ducks on the pond
late summer light
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 LS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/100 s – ISO 200, f/5.6 – 1/160 s – ISO 640 and f/6.5 – 1/200 s- ISO 800.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113: Labor of Love
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #155: Remaining Heat
Jez Braithwaites Water Water Everywhere #44
shaded meadow
a range of flowers
surrounds our nest
the lockdown gives us time
to see each other clearly
© Xenia Tran
Ribbons, Spring/Summer 2020: Volume 16, Number 2
Wishing you all a blessed Wednesday and a wonderful rest of the week,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5 – 1/200 s – ISO 125, f/5.6 – 1/320 s – ISO 200 and f/6.5 – 1/250 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #148: Summer Meadow
Your Daily Word Prompt: Connote
Word of the Day Challenge: Grace
dVerse Poets: Open Link Night #270
A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals can be found here:
meeting again
butterbeans and lovage
on solstice day
© Xenia Tran
This has been a regular dish for us during the lockdown, once fresh tomatoes and spinach were available. We experimented with many different seasonings and lovage became our favourite.
This haiku was first published in Haiku Dialogue: The Way of the Chef, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 24 June 2020. A very big thank you to guest editor Craig Kittner and post manager Lori Zajkowski for featuring my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
Thank you again for all your good wishes before we went on our blogging break and we hope you had a lovely week and Solstice too!
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/2.8 – 1/25 s – ISO 100 and f/2.8 – 1/10 s – ISO 800.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #144: Summer Solstice
Jez Braithwaite’s Fan Of … #73: Taking a Break
Word of the Day Challenge: Celebration
A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals can be found here:
cherry blossom
going with the flow
of our new normal
© Xenia Tran
This haiku was first published in Haiku Dialogue: Haiku Prism – Pink, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 29 April 2020. A very big thank you to guest editor Tia Haynes and post manager Lori Zajkowski for featuring my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and may you stay safe and well,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 125, f/6.5 – 1/1000 s – ISO 200 and f/5.6 – 1/800 s – ISO 100.
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #136: Late Cherry Blossom
Discover Prompt #22: Tempo
Cee’s Flower of the Day
A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals can be found here:
sea of daffodils
the green tick in your window
tells us you’re OK
© Xenia Tran
Across the Highlands community groups are doing their best to look after the most vulnerable among us, as Covid-19 is spreading here too. In the village of Ballachulish every household received flags for display in their window or front door. A green tick means you’re healthy and able to go about your business, a red cross means you’re not so well and need help. Volunteers monitor the displays and arrange assistance where it is needed.
This haiku was first published in Haiku Dialogue: The Haiku Mind – Signs of Spring, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 25 March 2020. A very big thank you to guest editor Tia Haynes and post manager Lori Zajkowski for featuring my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
Wishing you a blessed Sunday and may you all stay safe and well,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Settings: f/5 – 1/400 s – ISO 200 and f/3.5 – 1/800 s – ISO 160.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Connect
Cee’s Flower of the Day
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #132: Covid-19
A further selection of recent publications in online and print journals can be found here:
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