Tuesday 5 February 2008

Venetian Dreaming


Good morning, Venice!

Anybody ready for a gondola ride?

Are you sleeping,
Brother Gondoliere?

We are watching you!

It was a long night,
but I am ready to go,
again!

Me too, me too, me too!

And you?

Photographed in Venice
Carnevale 2007


14 comments:

  1. It's impossible to keep up with your blog! I love the dog dressed up too. So which of those characters would be you Merisi?

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  2. me too - me too.....:-)

    dog is cute....and i found those eyes and expression a bit spooky...(fanciful ehan...)

    Bendtherulz

    ps - last time i tried leaving my comment, your blog didn't like my link - so leaving under anonymous..sshhhh - don;t tell your blog okie.... lol..

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  3. OMG !!!!
    I HEART that first picture, which could of course be ANYWHERE!
    What a composition!
    What light!
    Great patterns!
    Coulld you ever get that again?
    Not bloody likely!
    Just FAB
    Thanks!

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  4. Andre Veloux:
    Indeed, the Arlecchino dog was special! Well, I am not in these pictures. Let's see if anybody finds out which one I would choose. ;-)

    Bendtherulz:
    May I ask for your forgiveness, in the name of my rose, er, blog? That was really uncalled for behavior! ;-)

    I found most of those masks spooky, even talking to them. Very hard to keep eye contact.

    I put your name in with a link, so anybody who wants to can see for him or herself that you have been too high in the Himalayas to be able to post! :-)))

    Paris Breakfast:
    I see, instead of painting eggs, you have been down to New Orleans to fetch some Mardi Gras spirit!
    Merci for everything. :-)))

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  5. So sorry, BR (bendtherulz.blogspot.com/)
    my link didn't work out either.

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  6. Sighhhhhhhhhhh! Sending many sympathetic commiserations on not actually being there this year. Poor us! Thanks for the photos though. Does everyone wear costume? all day? or just for a ball or similar?

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  7. Elizabeth,
    thank you. There will always be next year's. *smile*

    I was there during the last four days of the Carneval. There were costumed people all over the city, and at all hours. It was a true spectacle. The most delightful were unusual hours and away from the usual tourist's route, which were quite easy to escape.

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  8. Spectacular shots, Merisi. Wish I could have been there.

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  9. Ohh lucky you! To have experienced Carnivale in Venice.

    Mari-Nanci

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  10. The costumes are amazingly colorful. My favorite is the figure in the center in that last photo, who is holding the leash of the little dog. I wonder what the poor dog is thinking! At least he has not been coerced into wearing a hat or a mask! Perhaps he doesn't mind the costume...if he is truly a Venetian dog!

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  11. Thank you for these photos! It's the Carnival I want to see! Especially that last shot. Did you dress in costume??

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  12. I am ready to go back with you any time.....

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  13. These images, those masks and costumes are just too stunning for words. I have promised myself that one day I will get back to Venice and buy myself a mask - they are just such beautiful and evocative things!

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