A pair of glass-themed images from an August, 2004, road trip with younger daughter Samantha to the wooly wilds of Northern California.
First, an image of the view outside the former home of an old friend in Petrolia, as seen through a glass sphere on the window sill:
1 August 2004, Minolta Dimage A1, ISO 100, 43 mm, 1/125 sec, f3.5
Next, a glimpse of the play of light through the French-made sodium glass Fresnel lens — made with a long-lost secret formula — of the landmark Point Arena lighthouse, located on a stunning stretch of coastline:
4 August 2004, Minolta Dimage A1, ISO 100, 15 mm, 1/125 sec, f4
Your first picture makes me homesick!