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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Because!
The Quote rings so true...and the photograph is very beautiful too~The poem remind me Of a quote once mentioned in an English course that I was enrolled in..."To every because there should be a why and to every why there should be a because"
[Or is it vice-versa?!?]
Thanks, for sharing!
DeeDee ;-D
And love that photo! The seaweed also looks like some weathered fan!
DeeDee, the light was dull, but it didn't seem to bother the shot.
GT, it is indeed. Douglas Coupland, I think.
Roddy, a small reindeer.
Sue, it never stops?