Maira Martins

sketchbook-sea-turtle

On our first weekend in Brazil we went to our family flat at Praia dos Carneiros. The beach is wonderful, still a bit wild, and we saw a ton of sea stars and even sea turtles! It was incredible to see, but very hard to photograph, there were a few turtles and they would just randomly peak their noses basically anywhere in a 100m stretch of beach. We also went snorkelling in Maragogi's coral reefs, where we saw a ton of beautiful fish. I had no camera on me. So here's a page of my sketchbook documenting what I saw :)

A better blog workflow and Monthly recap notes

Once again I'm considering what is the point of those monthly notes? At least when I was writing weeknotes I would force myself to sit down once a week (or two weeks, or three weeks) and write... Then...

weeknotes, monthly recap, blogging

sketchbook-saguis

Currently in my hometown in Brazil and I have seen so many wonderful animals, plants, fruits already. I saw this little family of Sagüis (tiny monkeys) four days in a row, the father always moved first, jumping from branch to branch, tree to tree, closely followed by the mother and their TWO babies on her back!!

Here's my humble attempt at drawing them.

Calories in, Calories out

I went up 2 kgs in July. For real. There was the Priorat trip, the world cup fueled by beer, a couple bags of lörsdagsgodies (gummies)… I finally decided to do something about it: CICO. Calories In, C...

life

“You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.”

— Bill Watterson

last-minute-panic

July 2026: Summer vacations

We traveled, met friends, went to the beach, drank a loooot of wine, and enjoyed our pool. This was July!

monthly recap

Re: Restless rating syndrome

"Hmmm, probably an 8. On the other hand, why wouldn't I give it a 9? It's among the top 3 movies I've watched this year." -- Robert, struggling to rate. Robert wrote a post about rating movies and how...

JulyReply, movies