Flyover At Noon Today, or, Militarism In Pastels (5 Views)

 

 

Lost In the Clouds

 

From the Archives: Bacino di San Marco, 23 May 2016

 

The Leave-Taking (Yesterday Evening)

With a flip of the middle finger and a swig from a bottle of white wine, she's off.... Now that's the way to say good-bye!

A Place In the Sun

Evelyn Waugh, among many others, wrote that Venice is best approached from the sea--but that was well before ever-more-gargantuan cruise ships started arriving in the lagoon in disturbing and damaging numbers. A water taxi from the airport--or, for that matter, an Alilaguna waterbus--is a pretty nice way of arriving, too.

Pale Flamingos, North Lagoon (Today)

Either this is a flock of young flamingos or they're not getting enough beta carotenoid in their diet.

Perspectival (3 Images)

Since Covid arrived in Venice this is the view from the small courtyard that has served in lieu of my primary care physician's usual (indoor) waiting room; I wouldn't change a thing about it (the view, that is).

 

A Sunday of Clouds and Blue Sky (Yesterday)

photo credit: Jen Varni