Gregory Dowling

Good word for my birth year. Wordle 1,956 6/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Could have gone worse… Wordle 1,955 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Quite a quick one… Wordle 1,954 3/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Here is a sky determined to maintain The reputation of Tiepolo, A moving vision of a shapely mist, Full of the splendor of the insubstantial. (A. Hecht, ‘The Venetian Vespers’)

Phew, I suppose, but also hmm… Wordle 1,953 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My line 2 was a bit of a waste… Wordle 1,952 5/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,951 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩⬛🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sonnet 73.

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A VENETIAN tale of murder, witchcraft, and dubious activity The Devil in Dorsoduro by David Hewson @davidhewson.com www.tripfiction.com/a-venetian-t... "..an excellent, immersive read.." #VENICE #blueskybooks #booksky

A quickie… Wordle 1,949 3/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Sonnet 71

Just to show Ippolito Caffi was more than just a splendid moustache. Here is a painting from the Museo Civico in Belluno, misleadingly titled 'Festa notturna a San Pietro' (it depicts the 'festa di San Pietro', but the location is the via Eugenia - now Via Garibaldi).

A scary one… Wordle 1,946 6/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,945 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Truth 👇

Palazzo dei Rettori, Belluno

I magnifici baffi di Ippolito Caffi. (Bust by Luigi Borro, Museo Civico, Belluno)

It felt all too suitable as I took ages to get that last line… Wordle 1,944 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Titian keeping a painterly eye on the nightlife of downtown Pieve di Cadore on a Wednesday night.

Not an obvious one… Wordle 1,943 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

After line 2 it could have gone on forever without some strategic elimination. Wordle 1,942 5/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

On poison and ancient terrors We like to do things differently at Venice Noir. Yes, there are plenty of sessions discussing crime and thriller fiction with some top authors. But we also want to delve beneath the surface and investigate some of the things that set the world of dark fiction ticking…

Well, that went faster than I expected. Wordle 1,941 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not bad, given my first two lines. Wordle 1,940 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was getting a little nervous with this one… Wordle 1,939 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Meet me - and many others...

Why that last line took me so long I just don’t know… Wordle 1,938 6/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,937 5/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...

Unspectacular Wordle 1,936 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So my new streak of 4 (after one of 74) gets broken on a dubious word… Wordle 1,934 X/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬛🟩

EPSTEIN FILES please!

Wordle 1,933 4/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

"Under the keel nine fathom deep, From the land of mist and snow, The spirit slid: and it was he That made the ship to go. The sails at noon left off their tune, And the ship stood still also."

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My new streak starting not too badly… Wordle 1,931 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Just lost a 74-day streak… Wordle 1,930 X/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩

Here is my recording of the 2nd half of Canto 2 of Byron's Don Juan. If you like it, please do click the 'like' button; I'm told it's good for the algorithm (as well as for my own ego...). The 1st half of the Canto (as well as the 1st Canto) can be found on the same page. youtu.be/MHHi7NLGmeI?...

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I don’t know why I didn’t get it in line 5… Wordle 1,928 6/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A fairly quick one. Wordle 1,927 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Line 4 was too hasty. Saved myself with line 5. Wordle 1,926 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That last row took me too long… Wordle 1,925 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩