The weather today:
As I walked through Piazza San Marco, just after 9, the rising tide was bubbling up through the drains.
Rising tide
The seagulls weren’t sure whether they liked the water, or not.
Can someone tell me, please. Was that scaffolding up there on the dome of San Marco before?
New vehicles in the kindergarten parking lot!
This cat was watching a rambunctious dog, from a safe place.
Luckily, the cat was not aware of these tasty morsels.
And, today’s finding: twin pissotte, just off the Rio Tera Lista Spagna.
Hello World 
I think the scaffolding goes up…then goes down….I sort of remember some of it being up when we were there….
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Hi, Steven
How is the big trip going, and how is that little lad’s mouth now?
It’s still lovely weather, don’t you bring back anything different, please. The SUNSHINE is from your neighbourhood, but you probably recognised that.
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That scaffolding went up only within the last month–I think about two weeks ago is when I first noticed it (between preparing for travel & traveling itself I’ve lost track of time).
I had acqua alta on my mind & looked at your blog & there it was, one of today’s events! Alas, it’s so common this time of year I guess it’s not such a striking coincidence.
I love the SUNSHINE pic!
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I would be delighted to write the forward to your coffee table book. I think the book is a grand idea.
Yes, Bert, keep those conjunctions coming!
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Love the face on that kitty! I too am enjoying the pissote of the day….Cheers!
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Annie, such a contrast to your lovely churches and shrines.
Phooey, I just tried to post a comment on your lovely post about the Acqua Alta bookshop, but something stopped it, dead in its wee tracks.
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Bert, you could start a blog on alternate conjunctions, alternate definitions ….
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Here’s another:
I am firm, you are stubborn, he is pig-headed.
There must be many more.
[That was a hint, but they don’t belong here.]
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I’ll get Michelle to write the foreword to the coffee table book!
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I don’t recall scaffolding on the dome during our September trip. I really liked Michelle’s description of the pisotte…”an interesting and useful
architectural amusement.”
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Kitty looks very concerned and ready to {sensibly} bolt if necessary ~ she’s gorgeous!! I love these serendipitous street scenes, Yvonne. And those are nice pissotte.
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Yes, there was a lot of tension displayed in her little cat body. Thank you, I’ll tell the pissotte you send your compliments, Shell.
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Wow, Lili says “it is the Venetian cat blog”! She was thrilled.
Was the water high enough for the sirens? I found that interesting the time I was there and heard them. So glad I had read up and realized what I was hearing. Dashed out and did my errands and was back before I needed waders.
Yvonne could do a lovely calendar on the pissotte…such an interesting and useful architectural amusement.
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That was one concentrating cat, and very pretty, too. No, it was just the usual little bit of water entering and leaving San Marco.
I could even do a coffee table book: “Pissotte I have known and grown to love.” At least my obsession with vera da pozzo has subsided for now.
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Ah, it looks like it was a beautiful crisp day in Venezia. Love the cat.
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It was a lovely, lovely day, Maya. Will today be the day I find your 2 nice men?
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It’s one of those verb conjugations: I have a hobby, you have an obsession, he has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
The pissotte are really interesting in their variety. Yvonne has promised to show us one a day, and that should be no problem.
Yvonne, that’s a great look on the cat’s face that you have captured.
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Hahaha, I love your verb conjugations, Bert!
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That cat didn’t blink once, while the young dog leapt at the end of his leash, trying to reach that tempting creature.
We both know where we fit on that verb conjugation scale, don’t we, Bert?
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So pretty, but I’m a bit concerned. You seem to be a tad obsessed with the pissotte.
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You bet I am. Every other darn feature in Venice has been covered, and covered very well. They have been left for me!
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