I used to live in Maine and I visit my family often. This journal is one I made specifically for my visits to my parents. It's thick heavy watercolor paper that I bound into a limp leather cover with black linen. Adorning the cover is a copper embellishment that says adventure. I use a variety of black pens, mainly Pitt and Pigma watercolors, ink and and assortment of items I found while vacationing. I can't remember the exact dates I used this but I still have 2 or 3 pages left I need to fill, maybe the next time I travel to visit them. I'm estimating the time f this journal starting to be in the summer of 2004