By Artur Ciesielski | Immovables
I get good comments on our Airbnb condo all the time, but some are more vocal, more animated than others like this one. OMG we want to move into that place permanently! Sorry we didn’t get to meet and we wish we could have stayed for weeks! We’ll be back! Thanks for such a great […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Independence Income
Several years ago it was okay to buy links, to farm out article creating that was spun to monkey grade then to shit grade with lots of exact match keywords. We’ll it was not okay, but everyone was doing it and for a newbie it seemed like the way to go. Well, at some point, […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Home
What an exciting day, when Moon Valley Nursery delivered the museum palo verde, one they call an instant tree, since it’s so large. Its side required the use of a crane to install into a rather large hole. I made the effort to water the ground several times during the week before so it would […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Photography
I found this composition of flowers in the latter stages of decay quite beautiful, especially in black and white with some added grain.
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Intelligence
The weekly Intelligence post is a collection of articles I’ve read over the last week or so that were worth the effort: ones I think others would also like to read. Dump Your Pursuit Of Happiness One of my favorite lines this week is. The truth is, you can skip the pursuit of happiness […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Photography , Places
Holmby Park In Los Angeles is a little park surrounded by grand homes. Its main features, for some, are a little golf course and 2 grass bowling fields, but I think its wonderful large healthy trees are beautiful. The first photo is of one of those trees, a eucalyptus. The photo below is of a […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Music
Photos from the first Transatlantic concert tour in 2014 after the release of Kaleidoscope. This was the first concert on this tour in Los Angeles, California. The photos below are, mostly, heavily cropped, taken from near the middle and back of the theater with a 35mm lens. A great concert and worth the trip from […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Essay
Sitting in the garden under the parasol to protect my head from the heat of the sun a glimpse of yellow peaked from behind the white sheath. One, two then a few yellow flower on the Palo Verde. These sole little flowers foreshadow the wondrous symphony to come. Winter went out with a whimper in […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Review
I’ve become very fond of the beautiful and very utilitarian . It was installed in mid summer last year. I’m not sure it’s saved me money. It probably has, but that was not the only reason why I purchased it. I like having control of the device from my phone or laptop. While other thermostats […]
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Photography
A quick still life with oranges from our garden. Actually these are like a mix between and orange and tangerine. They are very good. Visually they have lots of character. I kept a shallow depth of field with the lens at f2, but I’ll probably take a few more photos with a greater depth to […]
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This is a photo of the Indian Medical Center in Midtown Phoenix. Built in 1970 – a late example of modernism.
Continue readingBy Artur Ciesielski | Home
After 55 years this kitchen needed an update. The original kitchen lasted that long. It’s pretty amazing and I’m pretty sure the kitchens put in now will not last that long in good shape. None the less it make sense to do it, so this small two bedroom mid-century modern apartment got a small make […]
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