Thursday, July 20, 2006

be certain of nothing ...

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... for nothing is certain, said bertrand russell, philosopher and mathematician i sympathise with his idealistic view, but those of us who ...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

i just had to do a u-turn to picture this ...

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the extra-ingenious bit is the edge between the blue and white which seems ( very approximately ) to follow the map of the south coast
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Sunday, July 16, 2006

pan di doge ... you wouldn't want to fall into the grand canal if you'd just eaten even one half

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... and here's one i missed earlier ...

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Saturday, July 15, 2006

the venetian problem ... a modest proposal

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on the one hand, you have lot of sinking islands on the other, you have the italian concrete producers and the murano glass makers my soluti...
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bastille day

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and another thing ... as we were flying back from venice across france towards the ruddiest afterglow of a long slow sunset, nebulous puffs ...

venice, by the slow boat from the airport

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the fabulous arsenale gate

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looks comfy

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new bells

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nice sign

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a sweet fancy

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reclining lady by botero

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nice shop front

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although i'd copied this zodiac from photographs before, i'd failed to notice the face on the scorpion's back

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jeff koons nine foot high balloon dog

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peggy guggenheim

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the photo was taken by david seymour of magnum there are some fantastically good things in her museum  

peggy's giacommetti ... possibly his best

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peggy had all these glass figurines made in imitation of figures created by picasso

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what's he so happy about ?

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