A bit gloomy, but Kew is still beautiful...

I've been waking to foggy, misty mornings for the last couple of days, but today was promised to be bright after a dull start.. no prizes for guessing where I was headed for

 walking across Kew Bridge over the Thames, the rowers are busy on the river.. and it still looked a little misty..

 waiting at the entrance for opening time, the view across Kew Green,

 inside and the sun is threatening to come out...

 lots of work underway

gorgeous tree patterns again

 love the peeling bark on the paper birch

 orchid left over from the exhibition - being dismantled now.

 pretty carpet of blue flowers - delicate little tri-petalled things- in the woodland garden

unfurling magnolia..

 hellebore

 another hellebore

witch hazel

 daffodils...

 the fountain is back on and the sun is still trying to come out!

the flowering cherry isn't, yet!  (flowering, that is!  )

 inside the Palm House for some warmth, the large ferns reaching towards the roof, made me decide to climb the steps to see them from above

 love the metal shapes of the walkway and stairs

 peeking between the stairs across the Palm House

back outside and more hellebores

and some mud-spattered crocus

once again the lift was closed for maintenance so it was climbing up the stairs of the Treetop Walkway.  Always love the contradiction between the rusting metal and the trees

but at least the sky was now blue!

 more magnolia blooms,

 although lots of them seem damaged, not sure if it's frost or wind and rain.

 and more carpets of daffodils.

thanks for looking, off for a snooze now!