A Lion at the Arsenale

lion statue

Another shot from the Arsenale = one of the lion sculptures guarding the doorway.  There’s a great story about this in a book I recently purchased in that crazy bookshop with the gondola holding the books:  there are runic inscriptions on the shoulder/arm of this Lion [I saw them, not sure they’re clear in the […]

Reflections

Arsenale

I was at the Arsenale the other day, enjoyed a lunch in the sun [it’s spring cool but still nice enough to eat outside, as it would be anywhere there was sun and some buffer against the wind = hint, hint Des Moines!!!].  While there next to the Arsenale, several people walking along a canal […]