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Wordless Wednesday: Joy in the Shallows

While her friends are happy to swim and go in deep, Bria loves to paddle in the shallows. 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. Wordless Wednesday Xingfu Mama’s Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge 2025 Week … Continue reading "Wordless Wednesday: Joy in the Shallows"

Flowers in Motion

One day, two years ago, we were suddenly blessed with Salad Burnet in our garden, sprouting from seeds that had been carried here by the wind. The leaves are delicious as a herb and have a slight cucumber-like flavour. The plant’s latin name is Sanguisorba minor, and relates to its ancient medicinal use for staunching … Continue reading "Flowers in Motion"

Haiku: A Fleeting Moment

Cairngorms National Park

Haiku: Caledonian Pine

Cairngorms National Park

Wordless Wednesday: Following the River

Glen Affric National Nature Reserve

Tanka: One Foot

Glen Affric National Nature Reserve

Haiku: River Flow

Glen Affric National Nature Reserve

Silent Sunday: The Promise of a New Day

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 Weekend Colour Challenge: Black and White Hammad Rais’ Weekend Sky #148

Tanka: Mirrored in Notes

Cairngorms National Park

Creativity from Within

This week, Ann-Christine at Lens-Artists invites us to revisit a prompt from several years ago: Creativity … … and I decided to revisit one day a few years back, when we found ourselves in Perthshire at the Corbenic Camphill Community. ​Corbenic is home to forty adults with learning disabilities. Here they are offered a wide … Continue reading "Creativity from Within"