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Free as a bird! I snapped this picture on a lovely foggy day on a quiet beach near Aquinnah, on Martha's Vineyard. A long winding beach trail led us to the secluded rocky beach where we walked and talked and played. Later that day we ate lobster in a little fishing village--sitting outside watching the fishing boats come in to the harbor. We spent a glorious week in an adorable … [Read more...] about Postcard from Camp: Free as a bird in Aquinnah

This illustration was one of my favorites from my summer road trip to Southern Utah. I try to sketch on my trips rather than rely on photos to remember places but sometimes it's difficult to do so. We were on a tour through Bryce Canyon and we stopped at the Natural Bridge for only about 10 minutes. I rushed to document the details of the arch and the trees behind it and was … [Read more...] about An Illustrated Postcard from Bryce Canyon, Utah

I spent a long weekend with my husband and some good friends in Lech in the beautiful Austrian alps, two and a half hours from where we live in Munich. I was a TOTAL stress case before we left, and was grumping and complaining all the way out the door that I didn't have time for a stupid weekend trip. Of course is was exactly what I needed. When I go too far into … [Read more...] about Greetings from Lech, Austria

A few weeks ago my siblings and I fulfilled our father's longtime wish to travel back to the Dominican Republic with his three children, something we hadn't done together in 20 years. One of my reasons for staying away as long as I did was the fact that I spent practically every childhood summer visiting the same village. I wanted to see the world and it wasn't going to happen … [Read more...] about Family & Freedom: A Postcard from the Dominican Republic

I could take twenty thousand pictures of Queen Anne's Lace; I found this one on the coast of Maine in Ogunquit during my recent vacation there. I love how it looks as it's unfurling!  What small treasures have you found this summer? Editor's note: this beautiful postcard and picture were submitted by Leigh Hannan of http://skellychic.com, thank you Leigh! Submit your own … [Read more...] about A Postcard from Ogunquit, Maine