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Magical Venice. St Mark's Square during Carnival 2009.

25th February 2009, my last day in Venice.

25th February 2009, my last day in Venice. A vaporetto trip up the Grand Canal.

The stirring sight and sound of the pipes and drums opening the Edinburgh Military Tattoo on 19th August 2008.

It's a new pond - less than a year old and still being established - hence the vast areas of pondliner. The newts have moved in and seem to like it...

A Palmate newt surfaces for air in my garden pond.