one for the books

President Obama and his daughters Malia and Sasha visit bookstore Bunch of Grapes in Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, August 20. The president was given the store’s advance copy of the Jonathan Franzen book, Freedom, as a gift and bought Tinkers by Paul Harding and A Few Corrections by Brad Leithauser

a year ago…. child’s play

From The Cape Cod Times – President Barack Obama plays with his niece Savita at a gathering of friends at the home of friend Valerie Jarrett in Oak Bluffs. August, 2009

a year ago today….

Brynja Hammer smiles at President Barack Obama during a visit to the Oval Office on her eighth birthday, August 21, 2009. Byrnja’s father Mike is spokesman for the National Security Council. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

a good sign

A sign welcoming President Obama back to Martha’s Vineyard is displayed on a tree in the front yard of a home, August 21, in West Tisbury, Massachusetts

fine print

A screenprint of first lady Michelle Obama by Mickalene Thomas, part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibit, “Americans Now”

they seek him here, they seek him there….

People try to catch a glimpse as President Obama’s motorcade passes en route to a picnic on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 21

west wing week: “turkey turkey and a jammer” (August 20, 2010)

happy holiday

President Barack Obama waves after shopping at Bunch of Grapes bookstore with his daughters Malia and Sasha in Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on August 20