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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Pork ramen tonight. Quick version without the boiling of bones! #ramen #porkramen #gelledeggs

Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Sarabande Africaine: Angélique Kidjo & Yo-Yo Ma. Pritzger Pavilion Chicago. Was not expecting the Talking Heads! Excellent show. Yo-Yo Ma is a spry one! 😂 You can tell when performers are actually having fun together. #yoyoma #angéliquekidjo #pritzgerpavilion #cso #talkingheads #cello

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I must of died and gone to heaven. Finally a beautiful Sunday morning breakfast in the garden. Perfect temp, sun is out and I have not heard ONE lawn mower, weed wacker, airplane of train horn for a couple hours. Stunning! #quietzone #morninginthegarden #japanesegarden #zen #butterflychair

Relaxing in my Japanese style raking garden!

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Tony Paul Occasional Tables for Thinline –1960s. I bought them at a flea a few months ago and finally got around to cleaning them, touching up the paint and reassembling. Adjustable height…one salmon, one cream and one robin’s egg blue. #tonypaul #thinline #mccobb #occasionaltable #cigarettetable

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Found a set of Yamazaki Gone Fishin’ flatware the other day at a thrift. If I buy another two soup spoons online, I’ll have enough for ten settings. Good stuff. 18-8 stainless steel. Made in Japan. #Yamazaki #GoneFishin #utensils #flatware #dinnerware #stainless #madeinjapan #fish

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Feeding time at the koi ranch. Hungry little critters today. #koi #japanesegarden #koipond #shubunkin #goldfish

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My tomatoes are coming in fast and furious. Great time of the year. #cherrytomatoes #basil #mozzarella #seasalt #caprese

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Koi pond is getting a bit shaggy. Need some pruning, weeding and a few water lettuce plants removed. #koi #koipond

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Whipped-up a paella Sunday. Just felt it was necessary! Plenty of seafood. #paella #spain #seafood #bombarice

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Finally! The weather actually sucks a lot less than it has for the past month. Cool, but tolerable. Breakfast in the garden. Fresh eggs from my niece who owns about two billion chickens. #breakfast #gardeninthemorning

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Picked up this interesting #woodsculpture yesterday. Much of it appears to have been charred using the Japanese technique of #ShouSugiBan. Its heavy as hell and well preserved. Really interesting shape, color and detail. #abstractsculpture #naturalwoodart

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Beautiful morning in my garden watching the koi eat. #koi #pond #fish #goldfish #butterflykoi

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Feeding time. They are loving the warmer weather. #koi

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Finally!!! Things are growing. Spring has sucked here. It has been cold, windy and stormy. Lots of trees down! But, the storms are behind us for the moment and it looks like we are going from the 40’s to the 80’s as usual, so things will happen fast. #japanesegarden #koi #japanesemaple

My garden finally arriving! My koi are happy!

My garden finally arriving! Japanese Maple coming on strong after a pretty severe pruning!

My garden finally arriving! Gravel needs a cleaning, but this is a good start.

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

#Bibimbap tonight! Love to make this one. Looks great, tastes great! Such a great combination of flavors topped off by a spicy #Gochujang sauce. #korean #ricebowl

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

1962 Vintage Blenko Glass #Decanter Bottle #Model6225l by #WayneHusted. Found a few days ago WITH THE STOPPER! Excellent. The shape and textured are relatively rare according to a few #Blenko experts online. #artglass #studioglass #60s #stratalines

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Found a #TibetanSingingBowl the other day. Cool sound. Today we had a massive storm, trees down everywhere. No power for the last 7 hours. So what better time to light up some candles, grab a glass of wine, and ring the bowl to soothe nerves from today’s storm. #soundhealing #soundtherapy

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Found this great serigraph by Victor Pasmore yesterday at a thrift store a mile from my house. Unbelievable. Leading UK abstract artist in the 40’s and 50’s. www.artnet.com/artists/vict... #victorpasmore #ukartist #abstract #aquatint #etching

Victor Pasmore–“Autunno” etching/aquatint serigraph

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Best little meal in a town full of wanna-be restaurants. Fire-roasted scallops in a butter sauce with a warm French loaf for sopping up all the goodness! #rollingstonebaker #scallops #buttersauce #frenchloaf #fireroasted #valparaisoindiana #portercountyindiana #nwi

Fire-roasted scallops in a butter sauce with a warm French loaf for sopping up all the goodness!

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

“Everywhere I look, something reminds of her.”– Frank Drebin #gourdart #mexicanfolkart #folkart #mexico #vintagefolkart

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Big ass #RedtailedHawk has been eyeing up my #koi this week. He or some other hawk hit the water last summer with me standing 10-feet away. Didn’t get one, but he tried! There’s a couple in the tree across the alley behind my house. #koi #koipond #predators #hawks #raptors

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

From Wikipedia: Akabeko (赤べこ, Akabeko, red cow) is a legendary cow from the Aizu region of Japan, who inspired a traditional toy. In legend, Akabeko the cow was present at the building of the Enzō-ji temple of Yanaizu in the ninth century. Cute as a button!

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

My #Kokedama plant experiment. Mounted on a thrifted piece of redwood. #bonsai #japanesegarden #mossball #Juniper

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Spotted this nice little Takahashi bud vase in a church thrift a few weeks ago. Still there yesterday so I grabbed it. Really nice green/brown glaze and I love the square shape. Stopping the glaze 3/4s down the side and exposing the raw clay is nice touch too. #takahashi #japan #budvase #glaze

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Three “kinda” mystery glass pieces I own. I believe the lamp on the left is a #muranoglass lamp, the tall #swungvase is possibly #LESmith, although I’ve never seen another, and the little guy I believe is an Italian decanter. Lots of green! #swungglass #murano #mcm #midcentury #italianglass

Murano glass lamp, LE Smith vase, and an Italian decanter.

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Shrimp, sausage, peppers, tomatoes and onions. First dinner outside of 2025. It was seventy degrees out earlier, but the weather is still good enough to eat dinner outside tonight! Fantastic. Maybe 80 on Friday, but that usually means severe weather! We’ll see. #shrimp #sausage #peppers #dinner

Shrimp, sausage, peppers, onions and tomotoes dish for dinner! First dinner outside this year!

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

My daughter getting a BIT carried away with the raking of waves in my Japanese gravel garden. Looks like a Keith Haring painting! My kids bought this rake for me for Father’s Day, so she’s working it out! Extreme! 😀 The last image is a more refined raking by me. #japanesegarden #gravelgarden

More “refined” raking of the Japanese gravel garden by Dad.

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Sun is out, it’s 54 degrees, so I gave my Japanese gravel garden it’s first cleaning of 2025. Felt good to be out working with the rake! Got the hammock out too. Still works fine. 😀 1st shot today, 2nd late spring, 3rd summer, 4th fall. #japanesegravelgarden #japanesegarden #rakinggarden #seasons

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Pics of summer’s #tomato harvest. I’m going to try and trellis them differently this year. I made cages for the last ten years but it is sometimes hard to properly prune the #vines. The thought of a big bowl of fresh tomatoes, #basil, #oliveoil and #seasalt sets my mouth a watering. 🤤

My tomato and Japanese eggplant harvest from summer 2024.

Cherry tomato on the vine last summer 2024.

Caprese salad from summer 2024. The bigger and chunkier the salt, the better.

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Coming to a garden near me! Soon…just a couple more months! Last year’s blooms.

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

MidCentury Japanese Brass and Walnut Coffee Serving Set. I’m missing the creamer. One of these days it’ll turn up. This partial set was painted flat tan. 🤦‍♂️ #japanese #coffeepot #brass #walnut #servingset

Mid 20th Century Japanese Brass and Walnut Coffee Serving Set

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Bought an cool painting today from #TrilogyAntiques #ThreeOaksMichigan. Cas Norwaish an illustrator born in #GaryIndiana. Illustrated covers for trade magazines, paperbacks and pulp. Simple brush strokes, but amazing realism. indianaillustrators.blogspot.com/2019/08/casi... #CasimirNorwaish

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

#RuralStudio Socially responsible program at #AuburnUniversity School of Architecture. Design for the poor communities using innovative design and recycled materials. The second image uses recycle automobile windshields. Great little gems of design. #samuelMockbee died in 2001. ruralstudio.org

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Felicity Rainnie – “Kiwi Tree” Original Etching Picked this up today at a thrift today. Spent a bit more than I usually spend at thrifts, but I thought it was a really interesting image. Love etchings. Came with a certificate of authenticity. #felicityrainnie #originaletching #kiwitree

Felicity Rainnie – “Kiwi Tree”
Original Etching
Certificate of authenticity

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#evelynackerman glass tile #mosaic I sold at my shop. Another piece I regret selling back in the day. Beautiful work.

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

@rebecky59.bsky.social requested that I post my clown bank because she loves it so! Thanks Becky! I love it too! When is your birthday? I have an idea! #clownbank #creepyshit #scaryclowns

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Probably THE most unusual piece I own…a toilet float balloon sculpture. Signed, but I can’t make it out. Tacky, but I love tacky. #toiletfloat #heliumballoon #sculpture #UP #tacky

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Jeff Jacobs @modernjake.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Who you calling a “tool”? Metal implements for display on the walls of the Opium Den. Shapes, textures and materials. #tools #aluminum #steel

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