By Artur Ciesielski | Photography , Places
I was, possibly, going to go to Lodz after returning from Zurich, but Lukasz suggested a trip there on my visit this last weekend, so we went. It was really just a short trip. It took 90 minutes to go one way and we had about 5 hours to see a few thing this city […]
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First a warning of incoming thunderstorms and a dust-storm than a beautiful sky with clouds and colors which I have not seen in years.
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Pinetop – never been there before, never been to this part of Arizona before: it surprised and delighted me. When Remus secured lodgings in a lodge in Pinetop we were quick to agree, especially after checking out the forecast for Phoenix and Pinetop where Pinetop was an instant hit with only double diget numbers. The […]
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Yes, this beautiful and rather expensive sofa is now the domain of Rupik. He spends half the day here if not longer. Even the top cushion was removed so as to make it easier for him to dollop his body upon it. I can hardly remember when I’ve sat there: I’m usually, relegated to sitting […]
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It’s the first serious storm of the monsoon season in 2014. We got a few more drops of rain and some thunder and a freaked out dog. Maya has been panting like crazy, drying herself out for over an hour so far, her tongue flailing about as drops of saliva fall below, her only respite […]
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Chance and luck plays a huge role in our lives. I don’t think we realize how much, in fact, those factors are a part of our ‘destiny’. Of course, I don’t mean to diminish the choices we make. It takes some street smarts and maybe some book smarts to realize an opportunity to be taken, […]
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Continuing the neighborhood projects I decided to take on Dream Draw this Friday and ended up having to call for a ride home. More on that later. Dreamy Draw has an interesting history. There is a reason it’s called dreamy and it has nothing to do with those beautiful views – rather it’s a toxic […]
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As an avid user of Airbnb I’m rather fond of their neighborhoods pages. I’ve been using them extensively for the cities I’m going to visit in Europe later this year. Their appeal is a simple visual format with lots of photos and few, but carefully chosen descriptive words that together bring out the character of […]
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While in Chicago we had a chance to visit the Chicago Cultural Center to view amongst the many treasures there the Tiffany Dome. The magnificent translucent dome, 38 feet in diameter and made of Tiffany Favrile glass, is cut in the shape of fish scales. At the top of the dome are the signs of […]
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Maya seems to be finding new paths to travel. Ever the clever one, she now traverses the tips of our couch to get a better view of her kill, which, in most cases, if not the bird food, cat food, or treat in the yard, is a plate of our breakfast, lunch or dinner: if […]
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About a week ago Whole Foods had a sale on tulips: 3 bunches for $10.00 – a good deal by my measure, so I got 3 bunches. It was a wonderful treat to have so many tulips at home and that time is ending for now. I love this period of their lifespan, fully open, […]
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I saw these clouds on a late afternoon in Phoenix on March 3rd 2014 looking toward the west with the sun just starting to color the sky. I don’t remember ever seeing clouds like these in Phoenix and the only other place I saw them was somewhere on the internet. These are called the Kelvin […]
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