Call me arty. Call me something, anyway.
I’m in the middle of a ridiculously busy couple of weeks, so in place of one of my usual ‘witty’ and ‘well-argued’ posts, here are a small selection of pictures that I recently put up on my Picfair site.
I still don’t even have time to catch up with anyone else, but I will in a week or so. Honest!
Marionettes, masks and puppets in a shop window display.
Arches and columns reflected in floodwaters.
Gondolas. It’s Venice, there have to be gondolas.
Umbrellas. It’s raining. You get umbrellas.
Chairs in a rainy St Mark’s Square.
The Venetian version of a backstreet. Or backwater. Whatever.
Mick Canning 
Who doesn’t love Venice?
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Surely, no one?
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Enjoy!
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Thank you!
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Looks nice even raining! Enjoy 😉
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Yes, even in the rain. It’s lovely. Thank you!
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Looks a bit depressing but it’s really pretty!
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It’s rather nice in the rain. Certainly interesting.
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The square was dry the day we were there. Enjoy your “busy” – beats the heck out of being bored!
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I’m never bored, Dave!
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Great pictures Mick! Such a beauty that place! The rain of course makes everything a little more stunning:)
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It does make for more interesting pictures, I think, Divya. Thank you!
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Even in the rain it looks dreamy! I’d love to go one day! 😀
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It’s definitely worth it. Best to research the quieter times, though. It gets very busy.
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Beautiful pictures Mick! Each one has a different ambience. Love it!
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Thank you!
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Good to see you around Mick! Yes, Gondola are so synonymous with Venice as it Eiffel tower with Paris or Taj Mahal with Agra!
These pictures are reminiscent of the romantic city…that is Venice!
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Thanks, Arv. I’ll be back to check out some blogs in a week or so.
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Great! 🙂
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I love those photos! If that’s what you come up with when you’re busy, then it’s okay by me if you stay busy….
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Um…what do I say to that? Other than thank you Ann, of course!
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Well, it’s a compliment, even if an odd one….
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I take odd compliments, I assure you!
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Photos of Venice always look so beautiful, but I always end up thinking about what my Italian (as in, came to U.S. from Naples, Italy) grandfather once told me, that the Venetian women used to throw their garbage out of the apartment windows into the canals!
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I’m sure they did, Kim, but it seems to have gone, now!
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These are nice, Mick. I think my favorite is the one with the umbrellas. Rain can be rather pretty (when I’m not out in it, of course).
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Thanks, Bun. It can be really fun to photograph, too.
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Oh my, I love these photos. We have to go to Venice on our next trip. We went to Spain, before that, Austria (oh Vienna!), and… okay Venice next. This post is about our visit to Mt. St.Helen. Please come visit my blog’
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Thank you! I looked, I liked!
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Thank you for dropping by. I’ll be getting more of your posts.
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I love Venice, and I love these photos – you’ve really captured its watery beauty 🙂
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Thanks, Helen. Yes, we’ve only been the once, but we loved it. Even in the rain.
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I’ve only been once as well – I hope to get back there one day. It was such a lovely place it felt almost unreal, as though I was on a film set. I don’t imagine rain would make any difference to its allure 🙂
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It doesn’t. In some ways, I even think I liked it more that way.
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Like a watery dream… 🙂
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You could use that in a book! Although, thinking about it, you might have to choose your words carefully…
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😀 Yes, you’re probably right. On both counts!
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