Here is a startled birthday boy opening up a present last Friday morning. Trains were what he wanted, and trains were what he got!
Lost inside an adorable illusion and I cannot hide, I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside, we could've made it cruising, yeah.
Yes it is Theme Thusday again, and today we are talking GLASS . I've three possible hooks to hang my [glass] hat on with this theme. First, the photo! Yes, it is the river again from an odd angle in an interesting light. You can just make out the bottom, which should tell you that I'm right on the shore. In some ways, the distortion of the stones below the surface reminds me of ye olde glass windows, what they call "cylinder blown sheet glass". You can still find some of this around Hobart these days. Thw second link comes from a trip I took to Venice a few years back. You're probably aware that Venice was (is?) a glass-making centre of excellence. If you have ever been there and taken the tour of the glass factories, you might be familiar with the sheer amount of coloured glass that sits at the bottom of the water there. These fragments of glass have been worn down and had their edges dulled by their time in the water, which makes them ample keepsakes for the ...
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Now you dont have to wait for a plane ticket to come to India :-))
How is that possible??
Do you realise what you are missing out on?
Kindly forgive my outburst but I was just hoping to receive Henry some day soon at the New Delhi Railway Station to take him home and feed him lots and lots of Kashmiri dishes.
I guess, I'll have to be at the airport after all. :-(