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View Through (11)

Today you get the view through the underside of some bridges. We look at the canal, we look at the bridges, we look at the boats going by, but how often do we look at the view through?

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View Through (10)

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Big Fish in a Small Canal

Spotted in Castello after I left the Biennale and wandered westward. Probably over a foot long each.

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More Puzzle Therapy #5

I almost finished filling in the restaurant, and I finally got all those shutters above the olive oil shop. Can you guess what is that red thing below the bridge?

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More Puzzle Therapy #3

The bridge was fun to figure out. And the tables and chairs weren’t too hard.

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More Puzzle Therapy #2

The words are the easiest things to figure out first.

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Seductive Venice from the Boot!

Carla Gambescia hosts a fabulous blog called Postcards from the Boot where she shares her love of Italy. Today she’s featuring a number of my photos, as well as her own, that highlight our sense of Venice’s seductive talents. Oh, … Continue reading

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Jonesing for Some Venice

For those readers not familiar with American expressions, to be “jonesing” for something means that you are yearning for it. Craving it. My dictionary says that typically this refers to a drug addiction, but in my case the drug of … Continue reading

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Puzzle (7)

The more of the puzzle I complete, the more that I want to be in Venice! (Can you also see the crossword puzzle that I still haven’t completed? What’s a 7 letter word for “how the earth rotates?” Or a … Continue reading

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Puzzle (6)

The sides are really coming along! I wonder if gondoliers spend any time looking at puzzles, movies, books, newspapers, and such to see how often they show up in others’ images? I know when I see a gondolier in a … Continue reading

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