Fanny Brate — Girl in a Straw Hat, Summer Meadow

A wide Scandinavian landscape holds three children in a summer field: in the foreground, a girl in a straw hat sits in the grass among clover and buttercups, absorbed in something held between her hands. Behind her on the path, two older girls — one in red, one in pink — pause mid-conversation, small against the rolling hills and a sky full of slow clouds.

It's the kind of afternoon that only exists when you're young enough for a whole day to feel unplanned. Good for a birthday card, or for anyone who still stops to look at wildflowers.

• A6 (10×15 cm)
• 350 g/m² stock