Pinocchio once more

After yesterday's exercise with too many stairs and slopes I've taken it quite easy today. My operated knee is not yet up to much !  So I had a short and gentle stroll  only today along the Lake Como side ending up at a place where I could watch the seaplanes land and depart, see the extra. And returned via Piazza Cavour and couldn't resist to take one more shot of Pinocchio with another photographer just for size (and because during midday it's impossible to take any picture without people in downtown Como). For Sue H, to see if this shot is more to her liking and for Ann to show that unless they're excellent throwers I don't see a traffic cone ending up his nose very soon ;-)

With this  shot ends my hosting of MonoMonday this month, here are my picks for the Cultural theme:

The hearts go to:
soletrader  for the excellent shot of a  Dublin cultural monument
Beachcomber149  for a shot of a beautifully preserved ancient  Celtic Cross
JDO       for a fascinating shot and Blip about Sanctuary
60plus    for the Blip about the Carnegie Free Library at Penistone
MrsPuff  for her shot of the  Maori Memorial details

Special mentions (just because I can only give 5 hearts ! I'd give all of them a heart too if I could)
craftylady  for her Trooping of the Colour parade on the iron board
FrankS      for the Blip about Shakespeare's home
chrisphoto  for the Japan memories and the Geisha doll
Kd          who caught and captured a real book reader and
ninniex     with her Blip about Gaucho culture

Extra special mentions for
nesscat     and chrisF    who both posted their  1000th Blip this past MonoMonday and made it a MonoMonday entry nonetheless !

Thank you again for all your entries, it was great to see so many interpretations, if you missed it do have a look at the whole collection here

It's been a pleasure doing this hosting, even if you did all make very difficult with your great entries. Next Monday 3 October Dollykgray takes over the hosting and her first theme is Roots