Ice anyone? the last trip of the year to Kew

I wasn't working today, so took my last trip of 2014 to Kew - the frost and sun at home made me think there would be some good photos to be had...200 later I think I was right... so here goes!

 I headed for my favourite part of the garden - the lake by the Palm House - and found it partially frozen.

 and the Dogwoods were looking glorious

 the sun was catching the droplets on the fountain and the reflections on the ice were amazing

 almost a sillhouette from the sun through the dogwoods.

 from the lake I walked further into the gardens towards the Henry Moore sculpture past sculptural trees

 where Mother and Child was nestling in the frosty grass

Caught sight of the melting frost drops on the ends of the catkins

 the sun was shining brightly through the grasses and shrubs at the edge of the next lake

 which was also partly frozen, and more beautiful dogwoods

 onwards to the Treetop walkway, which I think looks fabulous this time of year against the bare branches of the trees

 Kew is directly under the flightpath to Heathrow, as you can see!

 the Pagoda, taken into the sun, almost looks as if it's lost in mist

 and the views from the top of the walkway show just how tall the trees are

 back down on ground level, I walked through the frosty grass to the Temperate House - closed, as you can see, for restoration - it won't re-open till 2018

back round to the lake by the Palm House, where with the shifting sun the dogwoods looked even better

 and the ducks and gulls were still skating on the ice!

 beautiful reflections

 from the lake I walked through the woodland garden to the Princess of Wales glasshouse to warm up before heading home - love the funghi on this log

 taken into the sun for a sillhouette, the waterlily pond in the POW glasshouse

 and outside, the leaves had frozen into the water on the rill running round the POW glasshouse

past the Nash conservatory, to the exit and my way home.