Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Step by Step
Word of the Day Challenge: Discovery
Lochan Mor
The swan family enjoy feeding on the plants in the river at high tide. The cygnets are now six months old and even the late developing cygnet is showing her first white feathers.
They’ve come a long way since their Welcome to the World.
The parents still seem content to have the cygnets around and they may not fledge until the new year.
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 Colour Challenge: Winter’s Day
Word of the Day Challenge: Content
These images were taken a day after Storm Arwen when some of the roads and paths were still closed for safety reasons.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to our friends further east and everyone else who has been affected.
Wishing you a peaceful Sunday and may you all stay safe,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Weekend Prompts Weekend Challenge: Fork in the Road
Word of the Day Challenge: Naturally
crabapples
rinsed by rain she gathers
the windfall
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Crab Apples was first published in The Asahi Shimbun, 5 November 2021. A warm thank you to David McMurray for including my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Forty Shades of Red
Cee’s Flower of the Day
When I slow down the shutter speed the most amazing shapes show themselves in the water.
The second image was taken in landscape mode and looked even more magical when I rotated it to portrait.
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: Discovery
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #171: Weird and Wonderful
lighting the stove
a salmon follows the stars
on the river
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Stars on the River was first published in The Bamboo Hut, Number 3, 2021. A warm-hearted thank you to Steve Wilkinson for featuring my poem and putting this beautiful edition together.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Home
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #169: The Ordinary
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: Sanctuary
The seven cygnets nesting on our river are ten weeks old today and the first white feathers are beginning to show.
You can see them at one week old in our earlier post Welcome to the World.
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: The Bend
Tranature 
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