2026 Stevens Family Calendar -- July

The July calendar pages are all about the ocean and, this month, it’s the warm ocean waters and beaches of the Caribbean and Adriatic Seas. 

All but one of the photos are from a trip that Caty, Becca and I took with Aaron, his mom and his brother to Roatán, Honduras, for diving and snorkeling. You can read about that trip here and here.

The outlier is a beautiful photo that Becca took of the crystal-clear Adriatic off the main harbor in Dubrovnik, Croatia. She had a number of beautiful photos of that area. 

We used the left; not the middle and right photos; Photos: Becca Stevens

We also used the photo below of Pokonji Dol Beach in Hvar, Croatia, in the intro section of the calendar ...

A pretty view of a lovely place: Photo: Becca Stevens

The striking underwater photos are all from the reefs just off of Infinity Bay in Roatán. 

On the left is the main shot: a beautiful purple Caribbean Reef Octopus; the other two shots were not used; Photos: Becca Stevens 

The Feather Duster Worm really looks like feathers; Photo: Caty Stevens

We found this Spotted Eagle Ray while looking for Sharks; Photo: Caty Stevens 

This is one we didn’t use; Photo: Caty Stevens

The smiling Stoplight Parrotfish gives some levity to the main page; Photo: Caty Stevens

Calendar Page

The calendar page picks up on the same themes with a group of additional photos taken in Roatán, most under the water.

There is another photo of the Octopus, which changed its color from purple to turquoise. 

This is the one we used; Photo: Becca Stevens

We used this one on the calendar cover; Photo: Becca Stevens

All the photos were taken during a night snorkeling trip. I didn’t go, but the “kids” did.

The night crew

There are two pictures of reefs, one on the top row of the calendar page and one on the bottom …

The left is off the resort; Photo: Caty Stevens; Right is from a dive; Photo: Becca Stevens

We didn’t use this one from the resort's reef

The third picture on the top row on the calendar page is a Green Sea Turtle seen during one of the dives …

We used the left; we didn’t use the right; Photos: Becca Stevens

The resort where we stayed was beautiful and we took several calendar-worthy shots …

We didn’t use the left; Photo: Becca Stevens; We did use the right

The bottom of the calendar page features another Stoplight Parrotfish.

They are so pretty, I couldn’t resist

Here are two more we didn’t use; Left: Caty Stevens

We considered, but rejected, this Blue-striped Grunt

And, finally, the bottom has two sea critters …

A Caribbean Spiny Lobster and a Channel Clinging Crab; Photos: Caty Stevens

There were a couple of other Crab photos we didn’t use; Photos: Caty Stevens

Other Unused Photos

The early designs of the page also included some Roatán land critters that were ultimately deleted …

A Blue-headed Anole

And, a Common Basilisk (AKA Jesus Lizard)

When constructing the page, we considered some additional photos from Florida that didn’t make the cut.

That included this sunset in Crystal River; Photo: Scott Stevens

This similar shot was used in the opening pages; Photo Scott Stevens

These dock shots that we didn’t use were also in Crystal River; Photos: Scott Stevens

During that trip, Scott and I went on a snorkeling trip with Manatees. One photo of the gentle sea creatures was used in the opening section.

A mother and baby taken from the boat

We didn’t use this photo taken while snorkeling

And, we ended up not using this pretty shot of a Florida beach.

Sand and sea; Photo: Scott Stevens

That’s it for July’s warm beaches. Next, we’ll travel it Iceland …

Drama!