Simply Jack

merge.

2010-01-21T18:28:00.000-08:00

hi! well, i've done it: i've moved simply jack posts over to happy jack eats. please drop by and to see photos and read about food and say hello!

Happy Jack Eats.

13.

2010-01-13T21:35:00.000-08:00

making my way through 365.
here is morning
in my car
waiting for warmth.

leftover.

2010-01-11T21:05:00.000-08:00

finally finished off
and developed
that last roll of film from christmas.
when there was light
and ribbons
and cookies.

cookies.

2010-01-06T20:16:00.000-08:00

these are the best sugar cookies on the face of the earth.
and my sister has been making them
for as long as i can remember
from a recipe she got from my mom
who got it from a coworker
years and years ago.

sigh.

2010-01-04T19:13:00.000-08:00

i took this in september
and it makes me miss blue skies and full trees
and oh we have a long winter ahead of us.
i should probably keep all photos like this
hidden.

first.

2010-01-01T17:40:00.000-08:00

here is my first photo
for project 365.
taken with my new dslr
that i am still learning
how to use.
oh, and this year
i will also learn how to bake.

project.

2009-12-31T12:24:00.000-08:00

goodbye, 2009.
2010 is going to be
a BIG one!

i'm really not one to make new year's resolutions, but i've kind of committed to this project 365 thing -- documenting my everyday by taking and posting a photo a day. it's going to be an exciting year for me, filled with weddings and trips and new people and new family, and i hope this project will help me to continue focusing on the simple things. i'll be posting the photos on my flickr account, with a few showing up here every now and then i'm sure.

can't wait to watch the year unfold
through the lens.

holiday.

2009-12-29T19:12:00.000-08:00

instead of snow on christmas
there was ice.
thank goodness for
the lights, fire, and warmth
inside.

eve.

2009-12-24T10:58:00.001-08:00

today
i'll be wrapping presents
and cooking.
happy holidays!

soon.

2009-12-15T21:50:00.001-08:00

did you know
that it's almost a new decade?
crazy.

repeat.

2009-12-09T20:14:00.000-08:00

his last comment
made me very glad
i took so many pictures
of our bed.

blue.

2009-12-07T16:23:00.000-08:00

my sister's getting married, too.
and look at that!
she already has
her something blue.

home.

2009-12-02T21:45:00.000-08:00

when it's cold outside
i stay in
and take lots of pictures
of stuff i look at and see and use and pass by
every day.

first.

2009-12-01T21:16:00.000-08:00

oh my. it's december! and there's no snow on the ground!
this photo was taken the day after thanksgiving
on a walk with my sister and dad.
there was no snow on the ground that day, either.
it will come, though.
winter, i mean.
and when it does, well,
i will take lots of photos of snow.

turkey.

2009-11-29T10:16:00.000-08:00

he rubbed it with an herb butter
and it was perfect.

holiday.

2009-11-27T17:22:00.000-08:00

how i spent my thanksgiving.
oh, and there was food, too.

michigan.

2009-11-24T20:01:00.000-08:00

i'd never seen michigan in november until just last weekend.
it was sunny.
but the sky was gray, and the trees were bare, and the water so still.
i really love that last picture
of boots and stairs.
just looking at it makes me happy.
not bad for a roll of expired film from ebay.

right now.

2009-11-16T19:55:00.000-08:00

i'm sitting on one side of the couch, laptop in lap.
he sits on the other, reading a book.
and between us is a curled up kitty, snoring.
that picture of salsa really has nothing to do with much
but oh well.
i just felt the need to share
something, anything.

reflection.

2009-11-08T15:17:00.001-08:00

doesn't it kind of look like
there's a giant cat
sitting outside the window?

metra.

2009-11-04T17:56:00.000-08:00

it's so nice
to not have to face
this
every day
anymore.

goodbye.

2009-11-01T12:47:00.001-08:00

and just like that
october is gone.

dark.

2009-10-31T06:48:00.000-07:00

darker days means fewer opportunities to take good pictures.
but at least there was this.

windows.

2009-10-28T18:10:00.000-07:00

when i grow up
i want a house
with lots and lots
of windows.

typical.

2009-10-25T19:01:00.000-07:00

just another weekend
at home
with family.

zoe.

2009-10-24T08:11:00.000-07:00

and twelve years later
she still looks like a kitten.

2009-10-21T20:17:00.000-07:00

suddenly.

2009-10-19T20:24:00.000-07:00

i feel like it happened
suddenly.
one day, i'm waiting for
the blue skies
and changing leaves,
but there's nothing but gray.
and then, just like that:
color.

her.

2009-10-18T09:43:00.000-07:00

this is me
wearing fingerless gloves
that my sister knit for me.
oh
and she can paint, too.

home.

2009-10-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

i kind of fell in love
with the light
in my parents' house.

handsome.

2009-10-13T19:30:00.000-07:00

morning photo shoot.
he's such a natural.

burt's.

2009-10-12T19:05:00.000-07:00

ate pizza here
with some blogger friends
and oh my.
burt makes the best crust
ever.

entryway.

2009-10-09T07:30:00.000-07:00

i took these after a rainstorm
when i looked out the window
and saw the sky
and ran outside
in my pajamas
camera in hand.
the sky pictures didn't really turn out.
but these
of the entryway to my apartment
i really like.

happy friday!

what is.

2009-10-05T11:23:00.000-07:00

sometimes it's hard to avoid
dwelling on the "what if..."
and to just focus on
what is.
but i try.
and i'm thankful
for life and love and light.

him.

2009-10-03T15:03:00.001-07:00

he took this photo.
it makes me happy.

almost.

2009-10-01T10:48:00.001-07:00

it's almost time
to celebrate.

decor.

2009-09-30T11:30:00.000-07:00

at our wedding
i'd like to have mason jars
on the tables
with candles inside
glowing.

light.

2009-09-29T09:45:00.000-07:00

the sun shone down
on a patch of lake
for just a moment,
then disappeared.
i can definitely feel the light
but this time
i don't think it's going
anywhere.

weekend.

2009-09-27T15:12:00.000-07:00

long country roads.
we passed vineyards
and apple orchards
and fruit + veggie stands
and fields and fields
of gold.

nine twenty-five.

2009-09-25T08:11:00.000-07:00

one year from today
this date
will mean so much
more.

tonight, we have a wedding to attend.
this weekend, caterers to meet.

one year
from today

!

home.

2009-09-24T08:13:00.000-07:00

i like it here.

waiting.

2009-09-23T08:30:00.001-07:00

change is in the air.
i can feel it.

his maybe.

2009-09-22T07:42:00.000-07:00

today
he's walking right in
and telling them why he deserves
that job.
doesn't even have an interview.
i admire that
so much.

weekend.

2009-09-21T08:02:00.001-07:00

it was a good weekend
with friends and drinks and bumper cars.
i have the bruises to prove it.

explore.

2009-09-20T08:58:00.000-07:00

today seems like a good day to go for a walk
and explore.

him.

2009-09-19T11:09:00.000-07:00

here he is.
with the minolta.
i love them both.

why not.

2009-09-18T07:50:00.000-07:00

didn't cook last night.
went out for sushi instead.
then, at around 9:30,
we walked to the convenience store
and i bought pork rinds
because why not?
happy friday.

maybe.

2009-09-17T12:31:00.000-07:00

today i met with a man
about a thing
that could maybe change my everyday
in a lot of ways.

walking.

2009-09-16T07:36:00.000-07:00

we went to this forest preserve
that surrounds a large research lab
and joked that inside,
they were keeping the island from Lost
or making clones
or something.
"What do you think those numbers mean?"
"Don't ask. Just keep walking."
i took a picture when he wasn't looking.

sub-Q.

2009-09-15T07:19:00.000-07:00

giving tim subcutaneous fluids
is the worst part of our night
because it involves a needle
and a quivering kitty.
but when it's over, he gets treats.
and then he sleeps with me
under the covers.

antiques.

2009-09-14T11:58:00.000-07:00

St. Joseph, Michigan
We had ice cream, and explored a quirky drug store,
and stumbled across an antique show on the bluff.
Sometimes wandering around with no real destination
is the best way to spend a Sunday morning.

hi.

2009-09-13T10:27:00.000-07:00

i'm jacqui.
i find myself taking notice in simple things.
like light and kitchens and little flowers.
and the everyday life that surrounds them.
trying on this new space to share and to learn.
we'll see how it fits.