Xenia Tran's Blog, page 10

Seeing Silence Touch the Sky

This week, Egidio at Lens-Artists invites us to photograph silence and I love how silence can both be seen and felt on a peaceful cliff-top walk. Now that the hay has been cut, raked and baled, it has all gone quiet here … … with just a few sheep munching grass in the autumn sun … Continue reading "Seeing Silence Touch the Sky"

Tanka: Ah the Sound

Pennan

Silent Sunday: When the Light Comes In

These photographs were taken one day last Spring, when we had shower after shower, rainbow after rainbow. Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful new week, with love from Xenia xxx Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr. Silent Sunday Weekly Prompts: The One Day Prompt Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #322: There is … Continue reading "Silent Sunday: When the Light Comes In"

Haiku: Cherry Blossom

cherry blossomthe faces I’ll neversee again © Xenia Tran Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – Haiku Invitational 2024, International Section Honorable Mention I am deeply honoured and delighted that the above haiku was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – Haiku Invitational 2024, International Section. Warm thanks to Michael Dylan Welch, Antoinette … Continue reading "Haiku: Cherry Blossom"

Haiku: Shoreline Stroll

shoreline stroll –a world of tidespolishes the stones © Xenia Tran Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful week ahead, with love from Xenia and Bria xxx Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr. Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Ahead Word of the Day Challenge: Sunday Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Black and/or Black … Continue reading "Haiku: Shoreline Stroll"

A Walk Through Gardenstown

Those of you who walked with us to Crovie in our earlier post, may recognise the view in the header image towards this lovely old fishing village. Looking back to that beautiful day, we hope you will join us on a short walk we took through Gardenstown before the tide had rolled out far enough … Continue reading "A Walk Through Gardenstown"

Silent Sunday: October Roses

Wishing you all a blessed Sunday and a peaceful new week, with love from Xenia xxx Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr. Silent Sunday Cee’s Weekend Flower of the Day

Haiku on the Air: North Wind

north windlilies of the valleyshelter in place © Xenia Tran Haiku Dialogue: Haiku Prism – White, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog,20 May 2020. The above haiku was written during the first lockdown of the pandemic in 2020. It was an extraordinary time, which feels now as if it is in the distant past. The way … Continue reading "Haiku on the Air: North Wind"

A Walk to Crovie

Looking across Gamrie Bay, we can see the small village of Crovie, perched on a narrow ledge below the cliffs. The village was established by families cleared from inland estates in the late eighteenth century, and by the end of the century some fifty fishing boats sailed from Crovie. The beach you have to cross … Continue reading "A Walk to Crovie"

Tanka: A Blue Haze

Cairngorms National Park