ABC Wednesday—K is for "kiss"

A buss to begin their romantic gondola ride
on the rio San Barnaba, in Venice.
BTW, today La Serenissima celebrates her
1,594th birthday.  Buon compleanno, Venezia!

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Thursday Challenge—"wooden"

A gondola is made using eight different
types of wood: cherry, elm, fir, larch,
lime, mahogany, oak, and walnut—plus
a ninth, beechwood, for the rèmo (oar).


[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.]

Photo Hunt — "mostly black"

On the outside, a gondola must (by decree, since 1562) be black.
But on the inside . . .  How gorgeous is this scarlet interior?
[See more things that are "mostly black" here, at tnchick's meme.]