Sledding /  by Jessica Peterson

It's better than I remembered.


Gotta love T's pants...



Mom sleds for the first time in years.
Brave woman.

Chuck and his dudes




I love these of Oliver.

I love Abby's face in this one!
Snowman.


I can't even begin express my gratitude for my family.
I would take these moments over any by far.
I love you guys so much.

/  by Jessica Peterson


This is getting ridiculous. It is 3:30 am and I can't sleep, my fault though. I knew I had a few things to do tonight so I drank some caffeine at midnight thinking it will give me a little kick, but I am wired...

Everyone is asleep.

I keep looking up photo websites and listening to the same songs over and over again. Andrew Bird's Armchair and a Portishead song without a title recorded in my itunes. Getting nervous because I have to wake up in 4 hours, I shouldn't be too nervous though because this week I learned that I'm not really sleeping when I am asleep, true story maybe.

So, I guess I should at least try to get some sleep and stop taking nonsense photos with my iphone.

I like when my days are like the day I had today. /  by Jessica Peterson

I am not sure why but I adore days like today. It has been completely overcast, everything is white including the the snow charged air. It feels as if I am inside a snow globe which makes me feel bizarrely safe, soft.

I wish I could have taken better pictures tonight but this is all I got.




This is in front of my house. I like how empty it feels, even now I feel as if I am the only one awake on the planet.


Cataloging... again. /  by Jessica Peterson

The other day I was at the library looking at art and photo books and I ran across the cutest book called Dirty Wow Wow, it is a book with images of peoples childhood blankets and dolls along with a brief explanation of why that object was so important to the person or a specific adventure they had together. I was inspired to do the same and take a photo of my blanket, unfortunately it is MIA, I am thinking someone must have mistaken it for a cobweb and thrown away it away (I'm not joking, it's as frail and thin as a spiders web from me pulling all the fuzz off of it). But.... while looking for the blanket I found treasures that have been tucked away for safe keeping and then decided to do number two of The Things That Mean Things, a post I did a few months ago.

I am happy I did it.


My mom's camera, it's been broken for a while.


My Grandpa was a cowboy, this was once his. It used to sit on my mother's drawers, I remember staring at it all the time as a kid and imagining it was real and mine, I think I broke its leg off.


This was my Uncle Johnnie's



Grandmother's purse



Great Grandmother's clutch


Mine, not sure where it came from or who made it.



My mom's childhood mit.


This is too cute, my brother Jimmy wrote this for my Grandpa over 24 years ago.


with a picture of space.
I love space.

I really enjoyed doing this.
You should do it too. If you do, let me know, I would love to see them.

just writing. /  by Jessica Peterson


List time! off the top of my head..

favorite words:
-Butthead
-Cream
-Cigar box
-Rad

Favorite Foods:
-Pizza (the good kind, not the 5 dollar poop in a box)
-Bulgogi
this is a silly, I like food so much, I like it all

Moments I wouldn't mind reliving:
-Walking the city by myself at 5am while listening to Jose Gonzales and wrapping my sweater tightly around me to protect me from the rain
-Listening to Oliver make up stories before bedtime, I was a Ghost and he was a little monster and we would end up at parties and ride spaceships, so cool
-The time I got 3rd place after feeling like a complete failure
-Driving home from LA with Lou, we fantasized about being cowgirls who inhabited the small ghost towns we passed
-On my dads boats and at least 25 dolphins came to swim with the boat, they were incredible

Favorite songs at this moment:
-Cello song by The Books with Jose G
-Everything by Bon Iver and Beirut

What I wish didn't happen:
-I wouldn't wake up feeling tired every morning even though I get plenty of sleep
-Music being tainted and ruined by the association of good times gone bad (make sense?)
-The winkles in my face getting deeper
-The sun ditching out on me at 4:45 these days (no good)

Okay, I am done.


This morning /  by Jessica Peterson

Most mornings Max sits by my feet while I get ready.
This morning I photographed him waiting for me.
Why is it that the biggest pain in my butt is my favorite pain in my butt.
I enjoy his company.





Home /  by Jessica Peterson


I Flew home last night. I am tired from the weekend and from being afflicted with a cold.
I miss everyone already.

This is how I feel. Wish I could be sleeping right now.


The day before Thanksgiving day /  by Jessica Peterson


Yesterday was busy, I photographed the entire day but unfortunately I can't post the images. But I have all of these to share!!! I downloaded my new favorite app on my iphone, shake it. So great, it takes imitation polaroid pictures on your phone, great for me because I get insta-cool photos without spending hundreds of dollars... Sorry Polaroid, I just can justify 3 dollars a shot, but if you bring the prices back down to normal I promise to delete the iphone app...(maybe).

So, I am in San Juan Capistrano for the holiday.
I'm under the weather at the moment but hopefully my body is playing a trick on me and I wake tomorrow healthy and happy.

What I did today:


bathroom tile...

some feet, maybe mine

the pool, its warm like a bathtub

drive to the beach

windows are down

best moment of the day

or maybe this was

my knees and the sun

water and salt

foam

the first time I have ever viewed seaweed as beautiful

evening games with the brothers

the monopoly game, I lost.