Summer Driftwood

A loose scrapbook of sun, salt, and slow mornings from this year's coast-hopping.

Sunset over the ocean with waves washing onto a sandy shore under a pink and golden sky
The kind of evening where you leave your shoes behind and just walk until the light runs out.
Aerial view of turquoise waves breaking along a white sand coastline with palm trees
Somewhere between Crete and the ferry back, I stopped counting the shades of blue.
White sand beach with a palm tree, a beached sailboat, and a thatched umbrella against green mountains
Found this cove on accident. Stayed three hours longer than planned.
Warm-toned sunset over a calm ocean with gentle waves on a wide sandy beach
The trail guide said twenty minutes. It took us an hour because we kept stopping to look back.
Two windswept palm trees standing on a sandy beach under a blue sky with scattered clouds
This is where the novel went unfinished. No complaints.
Scuba divers swimming past a school of yellow-striped fish near a coral reef
Just enough visibility to pretend we knew what we were doing with the underwater camera.
Rocky coastal cove with a waterfall cascading into turquoise water, viewed from above through tree branches
Early mornings on the pier before anyone else shows up. The water is glass.
Sandy path framed by palm trees and tropical plants opening onto a turquoise ocean
The suitcase was already overweight, but I grabbed one more shell anyway.