Kew - autumn sunshine

 Today was a glorious day, a beautiful warm sunny autumn day.  

It is also 15 years since Mum died, cannot quite believe where the years have gone.. So these are for her. Enjoy. 

the beds have been cleared as you see, ready for winter planting 

I headed along the path towards the Broad Walk first 

I still only had the short zoom with me again this week, the others are still a bit heavy but hopefully soon will be back with them all!

I am definitely missing macro photography and also the long zoom for the birds on the lake

I walked across the grass along side the Broad Walk towards the tree behind this Henry

as I came round the side I snapped the shadows

before turning to look through the hole - that's the Palm House in the gap

this beauty is just the other side of the break in the Broad Walk - a gorgeous Liquidamber 

a lot of it's leaves have shed , making a nice carpet underfoot

the lights underneath are for the upcoming Halloween trail which is in the process of being installed 

looking up at the sky 

the next half dozen are in reverse order

I was heading for the lake to catch up with Kim but first looking for tree colour

I'd just taken these when I bumped into our friends Patrick and Joyce who were also colour spotting!

sun shining through the trees

this is across from the liquidamber tree 

cutting across to the lake now

the swans and the heron were on the bank

the sun was at the wrong angle from the bench so I had to stand up and move around

the female swan decided to head for the other side of the lake

Egyptian geese

I was getting pecked by hungry Canada geese who thought my jacket or jeans made a good meal.. so headed along the lakeside

lovely colours from the lake crossing

but I came back to the same side of the lake and carried along that way

near here as I passed, I had just turned round and caught sight of a fox coming out from the undergrowth, but wrong lens, too far away from him to capture as he ran off .  

I walked up to the far end of the lake 

crossing to this Henry I've not looked at for a while

far end of the lake

a second heron under the shade of the tree in the water, watching intently 

I walked along the path back towards the lake crossing 

pausing for shadows again

I took the path past the treetop walkway 

the mushrooms near the fallen tree close to the treetop life, were still looking gorgeous

the light under the treetop walkway trees was gorgeous

on my way for a drink now,

a small batch of crocus 

at the Pavilion cafe

I got there before Kim and sat in the warm sunshine, admiring the reflections in the glass windows 

I decided I'd go for hot chocolate again, and got a bigger cupful this week!

cake from home again! 

I sat and did my physio exercises too!

some of the leaves on the vines are turning red

around the fencing of the cafe

locust tree

walking towards the Pagoda and Japanese garden,

some lovely colour (and blue sky)

out of order again, but no matter.

lots of people looking at the white Henry at the Pagoda

the trees here are huge and beautiful

(out of order)  walking along the path towards the woodland/Queen Charlotte's cottage

alongside the Japanese garden 

Japanese garden is starting to turn colour

woodland,  we had walked through the area where Goldie is found, he was hiding in a tree today

funghi nestling at the foot of a tree in the woodland 

back at the top of the lake 

looking back to the Henry behind me 

as we walked through trees 

the clumps of funghi still there from last week 

patches of crocus

more funghi

Halloween -  the path  to the right of the skellies was closed as they're working on the installation so we headed along the grass on the left hand side through the trees 

we had to duck under a rope to get back on the path at the end of the trail 

heading back past some of the trees I'd seen first thing

it had slightly clouded over but the  Liquidamber at the Broad Walk was as beautiful as before, as I headed to the exit 

I had put my camera away but as I got to the exit caught sight of the trees the other side of the exit and had to get it out again and go closer

I took this on the phone too, although I couldn't see for the sun if the colours were showing up - the shadow at the foot of the tree is a bit of a nuisance

that's it for today, thanks again for looking and see you next week!