Kittens sleeping outside the souks.

Essaouira, Morocco - April, 2012

A man outlines designs he has painted on a typical stylistic Moroccan door that are usually the first impression of riads and guesthouses in Morocco.

Photo taken in Fes, Morocco by me.

A girl weaving a carpet in Fes, Morocco.

Carpet weaving is an important tradition in the Moroccan Berber culture; here, an entourage of women weaves an elaborate, sophisticated system of designs into a large carpet that can take up to three months to complete, working around the clock.

Medersa (qoranic school) in Marrakech.

Photo by: Patricia del Carmen

Mine and Max’s handprints in the sand.

Sahara desert, Morocco. Photo by: Patricia del Carmen

Simple set up in Essaouira. All the essentials.

Me smoking hookah in our apartment where we stayed in Essaouira. One of the best nights.

Me and Max on top of a dune in the Sahara at sunset using self timer. Best photo of us ever, I think.

The Sahara Desert in the moonlight.

Photo by: Patricia del Carmen — Moroccan Sahara

Sahara dunes (Taken with instagram)

Baltimore shrouded in fog. (Taken with instagram)

I forgot I had taken these pictures of Bagheera back in November on his daily rendezvous in the backyard.

Castle Sky on Flickr.

The Causeway on Flickr.

The tip of Northern Ireland

Sunny Fog on Flickr.

I had a dream I was back in Ireland last night. It’s an odd feeling when you really miss a place you’ve traveled to, and convince yourself that you’ll go back one day—but then you realize there are so many more places to see, who knows if you’ll have enough time to go back to the same places? Travel always leads to saudade.