stew for you

I just made this stew the other day from my martha stewart magazine and it turned out pretty good! super easy to make and it didn't even last till the following day.

Ingredients

* 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
* 3 carrots, thinly sliced
* 3 celery stalks, thinly sliced
* 1 medium yellow onion, diced medium
* Coarse salt and ground pepper
* 1 tablespoon tomato paste
* 1 can (28 ounces) whole peeled tomatoes
* 1 bunch kale, stems removed, leaves torn into bite-size pieces
* 1 can (15.5 ounces) cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
* 2 sprigs thyme

full recipe here.



photos of the day for the last couple of days... although I am skipping "fave photo of you" and "where you work". I posted them on instagram, but neither are interesting or worth re-posting.

green:




your shoes:

medicine cabinet

photo of the day, the other day. I'm kinda behind in posting.






i wish i could go to this!






http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/

paper n other stuff

months ago i posted this calendar in hopes of one day getting it. and today's the day! it's 50% off! woo. Now I can circle all the days throughout the year that i have a wedding or portrait to photograph and i won't get confused because it will all be on one page. (!)



and one day.... maybe i'll get these cute phone notes:




all from paper rifle co.

do you write in all caps?

THESE LAST FEW DAYS HAVEN'T BEEN MY FAVORITE IDEAS, SO I'M NOT HAPPY WITH MY PHOTOS. I TRIED THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, WHICH IS WHY I LIKE THIS PROJECT.... AND I THINK, LOOKING BACK ON IT, I HAVE EVEN BETTER IDEAS FOR SOME OF THESE. MAYBE I'LL TRY THOSE OUT. THANKS FOR THE NEW IDEA!


handwriting: lately i've noticed some really nice chalkboard handwriting/art. i need to document that better.

maybe i'm just really into typography these days.



Things i hate to do: Saying goodbye to my dear friend. i had a difficult time walking out the door.



Drink: this is one i wasn't excited about and would like a chance to do over. i waited for ages to be seated at this arabic restaurant in Dearborn. Much worth it, but i spent lot of time looking at these drinks, or moreso, I watched the people in the reflection of the drinks.



Time: I like this time of day. i wonder how this building stays up, but maybe seeing the american flag through the doorway is like a sign or something. ha

punkrocker

I haven't been taking photos with my phone for the photo project. I take them with my DSLR and I don't have time to download the cards everyday and upload them, etc etc. So my "photo-of-the-day" is not daily. that's cool though, right? I still execute shots daily and that's what matters. I guess the instagram part of the project is mostly what I'm referring to. o well, anyway..

this first one is "something new" i just bought from wanderlust. The cutest, camera stamp that kind of matched the camera I used on my website. I have another camera stamp on it's way that resembles the leica more accurately.



Phone. I got these lil' phones at a flea market. The story is, I wanted them and didn't get them so my mom who knew this, came home with them for me later. what a sweet mom i have. There were four different vintage phones, a poodle and a hotdog-dog; a dachshund.




heart. It was valentines day but I wear this heart everyday so it was what i thought of first. drawn by my dear friend, fred many yrs ago. Tattooed on the same day i went to see bonnie prince billy play in ohio. may have been in 2000.



Here's something else new that I found today:

something blue

especially if the sun is out

yesterday's photo of the day was what makes me happy (below). today's, not as exciting, which you see above.. is my closet. fancy, huh? If I had one of those "dream" closets, I could probably get a more interesting and wider perspective but mine is the size of a shoebox.



yesterday's music was grizzly bear, white antelope, wu-tang (which doesn't make me happy, actually kinda annoys me) and this amazing blues singer who sounded amazing. i'll have to find out who that was again.



best kitties, best friends ever. <3

self portrait by bob dylan by me.

i have been loving that record. but lately i've tried out a few others: Hana and the Goose, Here we go Magic, Damien Jurado, Richard Swift, Alela Diane, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear, Vetiver,and of course....

some of us have two spots

my other and slowly-coming-together website is here: esmephotography.tumblr.com
please stop by and visit sometime!

you just walked out the front door

maybe baby

in helping my dear friend with ideas for her wedding, I've slowly collected a pile of my own.


This first photo is taken by Our Labor of Love. Such a pretty shot, and I love those streamers!



not sure how i would incorporate this yet, but it's nice, maybe for some photos. from incredible.tumblr.com:




my colors.. love the sparkly, magical feel, also nostalgic and faded.. like a dreeeeaaaaammm from snippetandink.com


love these colors, and love anenomes!


gold flatware from grelethome.com



i like the color of these plates. found at everlytrue.tumblr.com:



no idea who this is by, but i like it:


lil white lights and a forest, they don't even need to go together, i like em' both:


I will take this DIY idea of hanging a parachute from the ceiling! it's so pretty.





dream dress from neimans:




I love her dress! the belt is amazing, as well as her little white victorian laced boots. the bridal party colors and photography is pretty amazing as well. Check out all of bluebird here.







and i REALLY love these two photos! my god, it brought tears to my eyes. That's what photography is supposed to capture. Amazing job, Brooke Schwab.




maybe a end of night party dress too:



monique huiller:



found the booties, but they are .. or were $480. from BHLDN which i think is an item of the past. ho hum. .... but wait! i did find them at BHLDN and for $280 on sale! but they do not have my size anymore.