Acqua alta in Venice Vs snow in London?

{Not Encouraging }: some rather unusual weather forecast one would say…. Since I have left Italy, the Veneto region  has seen some serious  floods,  leaving Venice under water, unavoidably… as a contrast here in London there are talks about snow falls in the week…

I am now slowly  climatising and settling back in UK life although I have been back for just over three weeks now it almost feels like ages to me. The thing is that I have been so busy  organising my life and getting ready for the surgery that almost everything in recent times has gone unnoticed , perhaps in the process I have also avoided to face some issues that I have been dragging along  for a while. So at my return I had to face the music and not only, also to recuperate my energy and make some important lifestyle changes which I am slowly implementing, finger crossed! 

I have not forgotten you and I am so excited about being back posting, I have plenty of amazing images of beautiful places I have been with my friend Walter in Italy. Will follow soon!!

Photography: Walter for Mandarine d’ Italie

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{Ray of lights}: hibernation - is probably the best way to describe recent times, total insane physical and mental hibernation, meanwhile time is escaping out there and in a matter of few weeks it’s winter already.

Inside&outside: an illusion...

Outside: lights reflected on a wet road, rain seems to have fallen forever these days..

Outside: illuminating the way ..

Inside: nice and warm for that week-end laundry…

Outside: switch on time, shorter daylight nowadays

Inside: don’t take me out of my comfort zone, gifting and my piles of magazines..

Inside: On reflection, Venice, so surreal..

Passionate about photography, PHOGLIE

{Creativity}: It was by chance that I came accross Francesca’s photography and her etsy shop Phoglie last week - but what a great discovery! I am immediately blown away by what I see, a great selection of imagenary that captures the essence of some beautiful places around the world. I love Francesca’s eye for detail, her talent is natural and  her skills  are self-taught. All the  notebooks are completely handmade and handbound by Francesca herself.

     

Photography: Me for Mandarine d’Italie

Il Mercatino dei Miracoli - Venezia

{Flee market with style}: Like on the old days this market still preserves the fashion of the authentic flee market. An array of stalls stand on the beautiful Campo Santa Maria Nova where private sellers present  their own handmade, second hand clothing or objects rescued from attics. Bric a brac, old books, antique photographic prints and even some Venetian glass are on sale here. Worth a visit also to the  nearby Chiesa dei Miracoli.

WHERE: Sestiere di Cannaregio -  Campo Santa Maria Nova and sorrounding areas.                             WHEN: Future dates  12- 13 December 2010 – www.comune.venezia.it

      Photography: W. Marin

So my dears this is what I’ve missed on Saturday, surely there will be more occasion in the nearest future to pay a visit to the market, they say things happen for a reason so I wonder what Venice has in store for me next time…