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The banks of the River Arno in Florence, Italy.  Taken on a stroll before we headed out to dinner that night.

Polaroid 600 film.

Posted in film, Italy, polaroid, polaroid 660
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  • Relyn - February 22, 2011 - 2:31 pm

    You make the most beautiful photographs. You know?ReplyCancel

    • A. Jarrett - February 22, 2011 - 4:59 pm

      Thank you, dear Relyn.ReplyCancel

  • Felicia - February 22, 2011 - 10:22 pm

    So beautiful. Now I want to be in Italy. :)ReplyCancel

Things are looking up this week! We enjoyed Sunday brunch as a family and both girls are feeling better.  I might be able to actually get some sleep!

All images taken with my Pentax – the only camera I carried with me this weekend ~ oh, how I love that.

Posted in film, Food and Drink, my life, places i've been
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  • Shokoofeh - February 21, 2011 - 8:06 am

    wow Azzari, how beautiful these Pentax photos are. Looks like you had a great family brunch! And so happy to hear that your lovely girls are feeling better. :)

    xoReplyCancel

    • A. Jarrett - February 21, 2011 - 9:08 am

      Thanks so much Shokoofeh!ReplyCancel

  • tracey k in ohio - February 21, 2011 - 9:56 am

    Looks delicious! Glad all is well. Good work with the Pentax!ReplyCancel

  • Lucent Imagery - February 21, 2011 - 7:02 pm

    Gorgeous! So glad to hear the girls are better.ReplyCancel

  • Maegan - February 21, 2011 - 9:39 pm

    These are gorgeous, Azzari!!!ReplyCancel

  • Sharon Caillier - February 22, 2011 - 12:54 am

    Beautiful job with your Pentax. Wish I were there!!!ReplyCancel

  • Alice - February 22, 2011 - 10:25 am

    ooh i love the creamy tones and bokeh. i love just toting around one camera. so much less stressful!ReplyCancel

  • Lisa - February 26, 2011 - 1:40 pm

    Oh these pictures are a delight! And a reminder that I haven’t had a croissant in a while. I must remedy this tout de suite! Happy weekend to you! ; )ReplyCancel

  • kim kath - February 27, 2011 - 8:23 pm

    love the shots but love brunch even more i so love having my breakky cooked for me it’s just specialReplyCancel

Giving thanks this week, even though things didn’t go as planned.  My girls are sick, and I have spent my days and nights comforting, rocking, and wiping away tears.  Looking forward to working on a few things this weekend, with my camera in hand!

I do have a few links for you that I have enjoyed recently ~

+ New post on One Inspiration, Two Perspectives (warning: this diptych might make you hungry!)

+ Irina Werning’s ongoing project, Back to the Future.

+ A beautiful birth story.

+ This image by Whitnee.

Have a good weekend, friends.

Posted in places i've been
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  • Samantha - February 18, 2011 - 9:13 am

    Amazing message! Have a super weekend!!ReplyCancel

  • Alice - February 18, 2011 - 9:46 am

    have a lovely weekend. i’m definitely looking forward to it!ReplyCancel

  • Whitnee - February 18, 2011 - 2:44 pm

    love the diptych. you were right, it did make me hungry! and i love Irina Werning’s project too. so great!ReplyCancel

  • Lucent Imagery - February 18, 2011 - 10:21 pm

    Hope everyone feels better soon. Warmer weather ahead? And no more sickness? Fingers crossed.ReplyCancel

I am definitely ready for spring.  This winter has been long and cold.  I’ve settled on wearing my florals – layered of course, to keep me warm!

Posted in day to day, film, i love details, my life
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  • Karin van D. - February 15, 2011 - 12:40 pm

    Haha, I also put on some summer dresses the last couple of weeks. With thick fluffly sweaters on top, ofcourse, but still. It felt a bit like rebellion against winter :-)ReplyCancel

  • Lucent Imagery - February 15, 2011 - 8:55 pm

    I am preparing the opposite! Starting to buy some jumpers, dark floral prints etc as we come out of an intense destructive summer towards autumn.ReplyCancel

  • Lindsay {Shrimp} - February 16, 2011 - 10:11 pm

    It suddenly hit 62 degrees here today out of the blue, and I dressed like it was 80 because I got too excited – totally overboard! That’s a beautiful top!ReplyCancel

  • Lindsay {Shrimp} - February 16, 2011 - 10:11 pm

    It%20suddenly%20hit%2062%20degrees%20here%20today%20out%20of%20the%20blue%2C%20and%20I%20dressed%20like%20it%20was%2080%20because%20I%20got%20too%20excited%20-%20totally%20overboard!%20That’s%20a%20beautiful%20top!ReplyCancel

  • Whitnee - February 17, 2011 - 2:21 pm

    me too!!ReplyCancel

Every morning, I try to slip out of bed a bit earlier than everyone else.  It’s the only time of the day that I truly have to myself.

I enjoy the quiet, and I love to immerse myself  in my own thoughts for the day….

Posted in day to day, film, Food and Drink, my life
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  • Elisabelle - February 14, 2011 - 9:35 am

    oh yes that’s a lovely moment! but i love to sleep too;)ReplyCancel

  • Lucent Imagery - February 15, 2011 - 8:54 pm

    There are some beautiful moments to be had in the quiet of the mornings. I love seeing the sun shining through different parts of my home and making rainbows as it bounces off a crystal in the window. Your photos have a lovely light.ReplyCancel

  • chasity - February 16, 2011 - 8:55 am

    i cherish these quiet moments as well.

    what a happy bowl to start the day with
    :)ReplyCancel

  • Shokoofeh - February 16, 2011 - 12:26 pm

    Aw you’re sharing one of those beautiful “to self” moments… Thank you! :)ReplyCancel

  • Quinn - February 17, 2011 - 9:12 pm

    Love me some Cheerios!ReplyCancel

  • morning » gabrielle kai photography: the sweet light - March 22, 2011 - 4:43 am

    […] capture from one my quiet mornings before my girls wake.  This is definitely my favorite time of the day! Posted in film, my […]ReplyCancel

I have to admit that I am picking up my film camera more than my digital these days.  And I’m truly loving it…..

I’ve included the last photo to show you how many of my photos are taken.   With my baby in my lap or on my hip.  And I wouldn’t have it any other way!

I just want to thank you for your visits this week.  I truly appreciate your comments and emails ~

Have a wonderful weekend.

Posted in film, little ones, simplicity, still life, yours truly
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  • Kristina - February 11, 2011 - 7:58 am

    Loving your pictures as always. The golden mirror in the last one is beautiful!!
    Have a nice weekend, KristinaReplyCancel

  • Shirley - February 11, 2011 - 8:48 am

    Film does give the loveliest hues at times doesn’t it? Beautiful post =)ReplyCancel

  • stacie - February 11, 2011 - 11:03 am

    really beautiful way of looking at the world…i love the baby jars!!ReplyCancel

  • Whitnee Jenkins - February 11, 2011 - 1:51 pm

    I love that last one!ReplyCancel

  • Lucent Imagery - February 11, 2011 - 4:30 pm

    Ha, I love that you’re taking photos with bubs in your lap or carried on front. The question is… how long until bubs wants to start taking photos with that “thingy mummy is playing with”? A future photographer perhaps? Either way, I think your children will have such positive childhood memories of a mother who paused to notice the beautiful things in life. What a precious gift you are imparting.ReplyCancel

  • Elisabelle - February 14, 2011 - 9:37 am

    such lovely photos!!!

    my digital camera feels abandoned but i have a love story going on with film.ReplyCancel

  • Alisha Stamper | Photographer - February 21, 2011 - 12:28 am

    I LOVE seeing your little baby with you for pictures. I wear my little girl on my back in an ergo while photographing ALLLLLL the time. I’m in the studio, large format film. Glad to see you’re doing film too, its so fabulous, isn’t it!? Focusing on seeing the here and now instead of the what just happened. cheers!ReplyCancel

  • kim kath - February 27, 2011 - 8:24 pm

    i love this little glimpse of your new baby love that you shoot with her in towReplyCancel

  • Katyha - March 3, 2011 - 4:42 am

    that last photo is amazing love, love, love it!ReplyCancel

I spent quality time with my girl.

Out for lunch – just us.

I can’t believe I’m holding a conversation with someone who, just a few years ago, I literally held in my arms.

She is a great kid – strong willed, opinionated, and full of smiles.

And she loves “cheese soup”.

Definitely one of my favorite lunch dates.

Posted in film, my life
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  • Sharon - February 9, 2011 - 6:27 am

    I love lunch dates with my daughter too! They are such special days and well worth documenting : )

    Lunch looks delish!ReplyCancel

    • A. Jarrett - February 9, 2011 - 7:59 am

      Thanks, Sharon! Yes, and I look forward to these lunch dates as she gets older!ReplyCancel

  • Alice - February 9, 2011 - 9:07 am

    aw i love simple lunches of pressed sandwiches and soup.

    sounds like a really special time with your daughter :)ReplyCancel

  • mary - February 9, 2011 - 10:35 am

    I love this – how sweet! :)

    And something about the colors, the tones in these images…I just love them!ReplyCancel

  • Lucent Imagery - February 9, 2011 - 5:35 pm

    All my life, from a young age I have adored lunches with my Mum. I still do. It’s such a precious relationship. She will grow up loving them too, I’m sure.ReplyCancel

  • Georgianna - February 10, 2011 - 12:50 am

    Oh, she’s becoming quite a little lady already! I can’t believe it either. What precious time to share together. xoReplyCancel

  • melinda ke - February 10, 2011 - 5:42 pm

    How sweet! I look forward to adopting a little girl in the next few years and I hope we have lots of special days like this. :)ReplyCancel

  • Daniella - November 15, 2011 - 4:16 pm

    Aw, very cute. I’m totally interested in that cheese soup! lol.. is it a broccoli soup?ReplyCancel

    • A. Jarrett - November 15, 2011 - 8:36 pm

      Yes, Danielle – it’s broccoli cheese soup!ReplyCancel

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon this original gouache and watercolor painting of a Pentax K1000 on etsy, and I immediately fell in love.  I had recently received my own Pentax film camera, and I knew that I would love to have this small painting on display in my (future) studio. Right now, my quiet corner will have to do!

Tim & Tara, a husband and wife team, have a gorgeous etsy shop filled with Tim’s paintings and Tara’s photography.  I loved how the art was packaged so beautifully, the attention to detail so evident.  Most of all, I love the painting itself.

And an even bigger bonus – Tara included one of her original polaroids of summer berries.  And oh, how I love polaroids……

It was, quite simply, the perfect package.

Posted in Inspiration, my life
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  • Alice - February 8, 2011 - 9:46 am

    so impeccably packed! and wow, an original polaroid is quite the bonus!! it’s so so hard to part with the originals…ReplyCancel

  • tracey k in ohio - February 8, 2011 - 2:12 pm

    Don’t you just love finding ‘connections’ like that? You have a Pentax, then you find a piece of art of a Pentax; you love polaroids – you receive one. Tiny treasures like those make my days! :-)ReplyCancel

  • Shokoofeh - February 8, 2011 - 3:50 pm

    It’s such a lovely package. I am a big fan of Tara’s blog so now I really know how happy that package is. :)

    Have a beautiful day xoReplyCancel

  • Sharon - February 8, 2011 - 7:37 pm

    Don’t you just love when people put a little extra effort into the details? It really makes your day! When I ordered a necklace from Lisa Leonard she did the same thing. Like you, I photographed the packaging!

    I want a quiet corner!ReplyCancel

  • Karleen - February 8, 2011 - 11:04 pm

    i agree- beautifully packaged! love the simple design of the painting! i think it’ll look fabulous in your quiet corner/future studio :)ReplyCancel

  • Lucent Imagery - February 8, 2011 - 11:34 pm

    I agree, what a perfect little package. Even better for the surprise inclusion of the polaroid. You are a worthy recipient of such valuable little snippets of life as a gift.ReplyCancel

  • Katyha - February 9, 2011 - 4:31 am

    so gorgeous!ReplyCancel

    • A. Jarrett - February 9, 2011 - 8:01 am

      Alice – I totally agree, the originals are so hard to part with. That is exactly why I will treasure this one!

      Tracey – Thanks for pointing out the “connections” – love that perspective.

      Thanks for all of your kind words~ReplyCancel

  • Tim - February 22, 2011 - 2:19 pm

    Those Thayers are awesome, aren’t they?ReplyCancel

    • A. Jarrett - February 22, 2011 - 4:59 pm

      They definitely are, Tim.ReplyCancel

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