august break no. 17

hiding in the stacks

- simply jag

a simple necessity...

“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.”

- e.e. cummings

Even a rainy day in February can be beautiful when you're wearing rubber boots with polka dots! This puddle is likely sheer ice by now, but today, just for a few hours, we were reminded what spring will be like. And with all the melting snow, soon (yes, soon) this footwear will - once again - become a simple necessity.

simply jag xox

a simple pleasure...

"My childhood may be over, but that doesn't mean playtime is."

~Ron Olson

My two nieces (ages 8 and 5) were with us for an afternoon this past weekend. Since they've just recently moved to the city, it was our first time having them without their parents. Needless to say, as a childless couple, we wondered what the heck we'd do with them for several hours!

All hail crayons & paper! All hail crayons and colouring books!

I had originally bought these crayons for myself waaaay back, but it took the presence of two little girls to remind me that, to enjoy the simple pleasure crayons bring, I need to take them out of the box. :-)

simply jag xox

a simple scent...

"Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air - explode softly - and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth - boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn't go cheap, either - not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination."

~Robert Fulghum

Can anyone resist the scent of simpler times?!

simply jag xox