By Artur Ciesielski | Challanges , Photography
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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While doing some landscaping, trimming back the deluge of flora and flowers this season I came upon an 18″ tall Chinese Elm that came up from a seed, a seed that, probably, came from this tree. I planted this tree about 3 years ago. It has come to grow into a beautiful lush tree. It’s […]
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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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During a photo shoot with Joanna – guess who made an appearance? If you haven’t noticed, look on the bottom right: it’s Rupik getting ready for more mischief. Oh, yeah – this was just the beginning… Once he saw activity, he and his dog toy made a very conscious effort to be in the way, […]
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Have you heard the term sunken cost? These are costs which are lost whether you like it or not. It can be more than financial cost. Emotional costs are equally expensive and can easily hamper progress. When I started Phoenix Market Trends in 2007 it was a simple blog on an obscure platform, but it worked […]
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In early 2011 I purchased a website in the weight loss sector for $2,600.00. It’s great domain name, rich in keywords, simple and EMD – exact match domain – for a keyword getting some 8,100 searches per month with medium competition and a fairly decent CPC – cost per click on the Adsense network and […]
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Maya and Rupik take in the wonderful late February air, maybe in anticipation of the rain coming in the next day or two, or maybe just because it’s a nice evening. She looks a little concerned in the lower photo. Now that the bees are flying around she has to take cover: she is afraid […]
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A few weeks ago we had a new tree planted in the front yard. Soon it needed a bird feeder so I can peer through the window like a voyeur and watch those beautiful creatures pick apart the black sunflower and other seeds. I like them all, but I really enjoy looking at the love […]
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Maja loves to spend time alone. When all of us are in the living room she is often in the bedroom on her bed or under Joanna’s desk in her studio. This morning she also wanted to spend some time alone, but unlike most days we found her atop our still messy bed, full of […]
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