Playing With Glass

When I was a kid I was always warned:  'Don't play with glass, you'll cut yourself!'

This 'rule' obviously didn't stick as I entered adulthood 

because I have always had a fascination with glass.

Whether it's sea-glass or collecting these vintage glasses

 that I have on glass shelves in the kitchen windows,

I'd have to say that my fascination with glass is beyond cure.

I am drawn to glass and it's qualities.....texture, weight, colour and function.

And since its composition is mostly silica (sand),

 it is no wonder that I am so at home at the beach walking in the sand along the shoreline.

That dark object above and to the right is a piece of sea-glass

that I found last month. It is a very dense, smooth piece and is dark green

in colour. At first I thought it was a rock

but after lifting it up to the sun I could see the green light coming through.

These glasses usually catch the morning sunlight and splatter colour all over the kitchen.

I am constantly on the hunt for vintage glasses and haven't come across one in ages.

Maybe I am not the only one out there looking for them!