ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN

Carnival is especially for children. While strolling around the carnival floats we saw many children dressed in carnival costumes and this includes, Max who is in the left-hand picture dressed as a Carabiniere (the Italian police). Their parents were all over the place taking their pictures – and I sneaked some of them as well.

The circular stone slabs the children are on in 3 of these shots are silo covers. This big square in Floriana is full of underground silos (or pits) dug in the rock to store grain. There are similar silos in other parts of Floriana and in Valletta. The first granaries were built by the Knights to provide for storage within the fortifications in case of a siege. As the system of storage was reliable and efficient, the British authorities copied in all details the Knights' granaries. The Granaries proved their worth as they continued to provide grain for the starving population during World War 2.

Thank you very much for looking and for all the wonderful comments and the fav's on yesterday's picture. Very much appreciated.

[Dione Giorgio]

BTW for those who asked, I use a combination of Photoshop and Picasa for my collages.

[alia_801]

Great collection of pics - the costumes are very cute. Max looks like he'd make an excellent police dog handler :)

[Margaret Obey]

I knew this was yours before I saw the name Dione. Super carnival images.

[Dianne]

How very cute.

[Margo]

Max looks quite grand in his outfit

[Graham Thresher]

Super collage.

[Suse♡]

Wonderful

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely images = great collage. Their costumes are wonderful

[Irene Marshall]

Beautiful photos I'm sure the kids had a great day. Max looks the part in his Italian police outfit but he does have the wrong dog a German Shepherd would do the job better LOL

[Annika]

this looks like a lot of fun for the kiddos

[gloria jones]

Fun, colors collage of shots

[Myrna O'Hara]

The kid in the uniform is precious, love the sunglasses and the tilt of the had and oh the expression, priceless!!!

[Jane Anderson]

Wonderful and delightful photos along with great information!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful collage.

[Jules Hoogstra-Anderson]

To me children are the best way to show love, fabulous collage and great costumes. Also appreciate the history lesson :)

[richard saffold]

it's good it is for the kids, instead of adults acting like kids.

[Margaret Brown]

Super carnival collage, so colourful.

[Diana Moss]

Wonderful collage, it must be great fun for the kids

[Pyrrhula]

Cute. Great shots of the sweet children .
You`ve to wait at least a month before the tulips bloom.

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Lovely collage!

[Dawn Ulmer]

Delightful collage! Thank you for your kind words.

[Phil Howcroft]

a classic dione montage

[Daisy Miller]

Fun collage.

[Taffy]

So lively and colorful.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome collage. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Chris K]

Max looks so cute with his little toy. What fun they must have had and interesting history too

[Nina Ganci]

colourful vibrant collage clearly displaying the carnival
fav

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I think children love any reason to dress up- great collage with so many bright colors!