Rod Summers in Venice

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Comment by Judy Skolnick on February 25, 2009 at 5:56pm

My favorite is the alley dark almost all around with a fleeting image in defined color. Just gorgeous.

Comment by Rod Summers / VEC on February 25, 2009 at 5:22pm

I went to bed early last night and then couldn’t sleep. I woke up half an hour before the alarm should have sounded but didn’t. I popped out to the corner and bought lemons and fresh rolls and had them with a boiled egg back here.
Today, Wednesday, is the day the cleaning lady comes and I was informed she prefers it if there is no one here to observe her exertions, so as soon as she arrived I took the camera for a walk to San Marco. I arrived there half hoping I would avoid the worst of the tourist tsunami but I would have to get up a lot earlier for that it appears.
First a little disappointment; when at the lagoon side I watched a boat, crane and crew pulling out some bricola, I made a small video with my Sony digital stills camera and was rather chuffed thinking I’d caught a really interesting event but, when I came back here and plugged the camera into the computer, I found that the super bright sunlight had caused severe disturbance all across the left side of the video thereby spoiling it and rendering it unusable for anything more than personal interest. I’m glad I was there though to witness the technique used to remove the posts upon which boats are tied.
However there was considerable consolation in that today I took my first “Wow Venice” photograph, I wonder if you will guess which one I mean. It is one of 51 pictures I took today and is included in the set here below.
Another good thing to happen today is that I have found the local co-op store and was able to buy peanuts and crackers. Starve I shall not.
Today I was witness again on several occasions to the superb boatmanship of the drivers of the powered barges as they dodge gondolas whilst supplying commerce. These boats, which are the equivalent to vans on terra firma, deliver all goods which are then loaded onto little trolleys that carry them from the quays through the alleys to the shops. The system seems to work admirably and is interesting to observe in practice.
I made my bed before I left this morning but when I got back I saw it had been remade and my blue and white striped night-shirt had been carefully folded and put under the pillow.
I have been here 9 days already, how time flies.

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