Amelia's photos with the keyword: Close-up.

Glass has the ability to refract, reflect, and transmit light following geometrical optics, and is therefore a magical substance. It can be also be ground in certain ways and used for optical instruments, spectacles, magnifying glasses, binoculars, telescopes. It can be heated and blown into decorative and intricate shapes, toughened to make windows, and coloured using various chemicals. The PiP shows the magnifying properties of glass. The thistle is etched into the base of the paperweight and is magnified by the half sphere of glass. The red line has been refracted.

Ready to be boiled for breakfast, but not for me. I don't like boiled or poached eggs , but I do like an omelette or scrambled eggs, or even a crispy fried one. I absolutely hate runny yolks.

Macro Monday: Cut a vegetable and show its inner life. There are some lovely, colourful red and green peppers in the fridge, but they are, strictly speaking, fruits, and being pedantic, I chose to cut open an onion. I also tried celery, but the vascular bundles didn't show up well. I would have needed to place the cut ends in coloured ink, which I didn't have. It's a pity there wasn't a red onion in the veg basket this morning. ;-) Frank Sinatra - Under my skin