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• ANIMALS OF HWANGE NATIONAL PARK, ZIMBABWE by Karen Minkowski at The Intrepid...

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 10Impala at Hwange National Park, ZimbabweMy friend Karen Minkowski spent several months in Africa in 2018-2019 and sent me some of her... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2021 TRAVEL

• Plant a Butterfly Garden

  

  You can attract butterflies to your yard by planting flowers. You can buy packets of seeds at your local garden store. Then find a sunny spot and follow the... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• AKUMAL, MEXICO, Place of the Sea Turtles by Caroline Arnold at The Intrepid...

  

  52 Places to Go: Week 9Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas. On the beach at Aventuras Akumal, Mexico.Turtles have been swimming in the oceans of the world since... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 TRAVEL

• The Terrible Hodag

  

  As a child, I spent my summers at a small camp in northern Wisconsin, originally called Camp Hodag, now called Camp Bovey. In the evenings we sat around the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• HIKING THE ANDES, the HUAYHUASH TREK: Owen’s Peruvian Adventures, Part 2, Guest...

  

  Week 8: 52 Places to GoGlacial Lakes on the Huayhuash Circuit, PeruIn 2017 our friend Owen Floody was in the midst of a series of three treks in Peru--Machu... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2021 TRAVEL

• TO EVEREST (ALMOST) AND BACK: Guest Post by Caroline Hatton at The Intrepid...

  

  Week 7: 52 Places to GoMount Everest (in the middle) beyond the Hotel Everest View (in the trees)My friend and fellow children’s book author Caroline Hatton, on... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2021 TRAVEL

• CYCLING THROUGH CUBA, Guest Post by Gretchen Woelfle at The Intrepid Tourist

  

  Street in the town of Trinidad, CubaWeek 6: 52 Places to Go My friend and fellow children's book writer Gretchen Woelfle went on an exciting two week cycling... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2021 TRAVEL

• WALKING THE CORNWALL COAST: Part I, by Caroline Arnold at The Intrepid Tourist

  

  Week 5: 52 Places to Go Cornwall Coast: View of Tintagel from End of Rocky ValleyA Week of Fresh Air and Ancient History (September 1998) The slate cliffs of th... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2021 TRAVEL

• EASTER ISLAND'S GIANT STATUES: How Did They Move Them? by Caroline Arnold at...

  

  Easter Island's Giant Statues (Moai)WEEK 4: 52 Places to Go The first European visitor to Easter Island was a Dutch sea caption, Jacob Roggeveen, who landed on... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2021 TRAVEL

• MARY ANNING, FOSSIL GIRL, Discoverer of Ancient Giant Sea Reptiles

  

  Mary Anning. Illustration by Laurie Caple for Giant Sea Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age by Caroline ArnoldLast night I watched the movie Ammonite, about Mary... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• TURKEY: EPHESUS AND SIGHTS AROUND SELKUK, by Caroline Arnold at The Intrepid...

  

  The Ancient Greek City of Ephesus, Temple of HadrianusWEEK 3: 52 Places to Go Until I visited Turkey, I never realized the breadth of the ancient Greek and Roma... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2021 TRAVEL

• Cards and Prints at Etsy

  

  Cards and giclee prints of illustrations from my Day and Night books are still available at my Etsy site: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CarolineArnoldArt . Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• SEPTEMBER IN SARDINIA, Part I: Ancient Crossroads of the Mediterranean, by...

  

  Su Nuraxi: Bronze Age tower and village built about 1500 B.C.WEEK 2: 52 Places to Go Grazing sheep, olive groves, and ancient vineyards stretched on either... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2021 TRAVEL

• New Plan for My Travel Blog, THE INTREPID TOURIST

  

  I have two blogs--this one, CAROLINE ARNOLD ART AND BOOKS, on which I post items related to my work as an author/illustrator, and THE INTREPID TOURIST, on... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• CHICHEN ITZA: At the Heart of Mexico's Ancient Mayan World, by Caroline Arnold a...

  

  Chichen Itza, El CastilloWEEK 1: 52 PLACES TO GO The ancient city of Chichen Itza, with its towering pyramid, 13 ball courts, many temples, giant market, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2021 TRAVEL

• Best Wishes for the New Year

  

  As we look forward to a new year, I share with you fortune cookie message I got with my recent order of take-out food from a local Chinese restaurant."We must... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• BRIONES REGIONAL PARK, LAFAYETTE, CA: Open Space Perfect for a Family Outing,...

  

  Briones Regional Park, Bear Creek Staging Area, Lafayette, CAOn the Thanksgiving weekend, when we were in Oakland, we enjoyed a family hike and picnic at Brione... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2020 TRAVEL

• HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Caroline Arnold at The Intrepid Tourist

  

  Christmas window display at Alpine Village, Torrance, CA On this longest day of the year, I send you best wishes for aHAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 TRAVEL

• Happy Holidays, 2020

  

  Window display at Alpine Village, Torrance, CAOn this longest day of the year, Caroline Arnold Art and Books sends you best wishes for a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Favorite Children's Books

  

  The Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise BrownPerhaps my favorite book when I was a child was The Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE