Sunday Morning OutlookThe Laundry's Been
Hung Out to Dry!
The Sky is BlueLe Putte di Antonio Vivaldi
Are Playing at the
Banchina di San Basegio
Tables are SetFor an Early Lunch,
Yet No One is Ready to Sit Down.
Exercise in ReadingVenetians are Busy,
Doing Their Part!
Reading the Venetian WayStanding Up.
A Little Walking
While Turning the Page.
Busy ReadingAnd Enjoying the Sunshine!
Lost!Deep in the Pages
Of Sunday's Paper!
GondoliereJoining the Sunday Rite!
TouristsTrying to Fit in!
Reading both inside
And in front of
Caffè Quadri in
Piazza San Marco!
The Rebela.k.a.
"Caffè Reader"
There's Always an
Exception to the Rule!
The Bibliophile GondoliereReading Outside the
Acqua Alta
Cannaregio
Reading the Sunday Morning PaperWith a Cappuccino
at Le Zattere.
Lunchtime's ApproachingGelateria Paolin
Campo Santo Stefano
How Many ReadersCan you find
In front of Gelateria Paolin?
Photographed
in Venice
February 2008
Dedicated to
The King of Headlines
David McMahon
This is a wonderful sequence. Your photos draw me right into your beautiful world. I especially like the bibliophile!
ReplyDeleteLove these ever so casual Venetian scenes of everyday life...
ReplyDeleteCan life ever be "everyday" in Venice?
It can.
Oh, I love the laundry! Wish mine looked like that!
ReplyDeleteIt's so nice. What a scholarly place!
ReplyDelete(Not having to look out for careening if that's the word vehicles MUST have something to do with it.)
:))
Ich ziehe das erste Photo vor.... Immer eine Frage der Farbe für
ReplyDeletemich...
Wonderful, wonderful work! Just beautiful. I love the every-day-ness of it, the Sunday-ness of it. Perfection.
ReplyDeleteLove the hat with the wide red ribbon. Someday, I hope to enjoy a leisurely read of the Sunday paper but for right now, I manage an article or two before being summoned to play and tie shoes!
ReplyDeleteVery nice Merici, That first photo sets the stage nicely for this leisurely Sunday post. Good to know the Gondoliers get to read their paper too!
ReplyDeleteAlways a feast for the eyes when I visit. BTW Do you still have your other blog?
xo
constance
loved the reading series, esplly the one titled LOST !
ReplyDeleteI love the shots of "the readers" they are so evocative - just the kind of scenes on which to base stories!
ReplyDeleteSeven I think. This was such a fun idea. Sorry to hear about the storms.
ReplyDeleteapplause applause...I love the whole concept
ReplyDeleteSandi
I love these headlines!
ReplyDeletePaz
You can't have gelati for lunch!
ReplyDeleteAre you mad?!
The LAUNDRY!!! How extraordinary! What a pallet of colour and line ... I am enchanted.
ReplyDeleteLove the 1st picture . laundry in Venezia ..so romantic and glamour
ReplyDeleteand the "mendicoli"? there will be in a theme?
ReplyDeletenice shots as usual ;^)))
Great reading post, Merisi! ;o) Happy Day ((HUGS))
ReplyDeleteSandyCarlson:
ReplyDeleteThank you,
that bookshop with a gondola of books is a true Venetian landmark.
ParisBreakfasts:
In Venice the mundane takes you in, and its beauty casts a spell.
the mother of this lot:
Laundry turning into art, that's how life's supposed to be, isn't it? ;-)
Sally Crawford from London:
Strolling while reading, I found that most interesting. ;-) I can't think of any other place where it's done, not in pedestrian zones here in Vienna.
DAD:
ReplyDeleteYes, the colours! Later in the morning, the sky turned a brilliant blue. Imagine.
Jennifer:
Thank you!
We walked for hours that Sunday morning, and had a hard time letting go, even the thought of driving to Florence was of little comfort for a while. ;-)
hexe:
Oh, I remember those times!
I trained mine to "read" the Sunday funnies, several pages of colored comics kept them busy for an article or two for me. ;-)
rochambeau:
Thank you, Constance!
Still have the Strawberry Fields,
but it's not linked right now because I have not found any time to update it. :-(
backpakker:
ReplyDeleteThank you!
He looks like he's lost, doesn't he?
Absolute Vanilla (& Atyllah):
Oh yes, lots of yarn to spin in there. ;-)
Barbara:
I found seven one time,
the second time around only five. :-))
Sandi McBride:
Thank you, Sandi! :-)
Paz:
ReplyDeleteThank you. :-)
freefalling:
Only before lunch! ;-)
John-Michael:
Enchant, that's what Venice does to you! ;-)
Mélanie:
"Romantic and glamourous",
I love that! :-)
Luc:
Grazie! :-)
The Mendicoli church will come up soon!
Tracy :
Thank you! :-)
Wonderful glimpses of a historic city.
ReplyDeleteAn I am SO very honoured by the mention!!
Fantastic exercise in people watching. I could study these for hours, wondering what people do, what they are thinking, where they are going.....
ReplyDeleteOver from David's. Great dedication too. ;0) And I WISH my laundry looked like that!
David McMahon:
ReplyDeleteThank you for always being out there for us doubting bloggers, could well be that without your encouragement I'd given up on blogging some time ago.
I hope you will be able to get away and treat your family to a Venetian holiday soon!
crazycath:
Venice and Naples have the best light to expose laundry at it's best! I think one of the delights of Venice is walking and sitting among Venetians themselves, they are very special to me.
Exquisite! Your images are so soft, painterly even.
ReplyDeleteThe reading sequence is most evocative.
I want to shake these people and tell them:
ReplyDeletePUT DOWN YOUR PAPERS!!! you silly people
YOU'RE IN VENICE FOR GAWD'S SAKE
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PS
ReplyDeleteI read while crossing the street in New York...
An accident waiting to happen
Charming! What a wonderful collection. Good eye!
ReplyDeleteAnne
I am always delighted with your storytelling sense and your pictures. I feel like I have had a peek into Vienna through them.
ReplyDeleteI love these shots...
ReplyDelete... although reading while walking ended up sending me to urgent care one day...
... it is an enterprise that requires great caution.
Whooopsie, sorry, that last comment about reading while walking was me.
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