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 cheapskate tourist (raises hand). I've got a few of these bits on top of the fridge here at home, and the play of the light on the surface of the water when I took this photo has me thinking that similar pieces of coloured glass lay lurking below.

The third link is far simpler. It is but a mere invite to raise your glasses and celebrate the fact this this modest little post represents the one thousandth for the blog!

I didn't want to mention it earlier, for fear of generating a Y2K panic amongst readers, and I hope that post number 1,000 does not break all of your computers.