310814 Near the traghetto

By August 31, 2014 zBlog Archives

And my colour weirdness continued as I searched for something Venetian and these masks were the closest I was going to get to today’s word, which is “traghetto” (‘In Venice: (orig.) a place on the Grand Canal where gondolas may cross; (also) a jetty for gondolas. Now chiefly: a gondola used to ferry passengers across the Grand Canal’, OED).

Day #239 of a 365 project, where the daily pic is informed by theĀ OED word of the day.