Kew - more sun!

 Hello, another sunny and even mild trip to Kew..Enjoy. 

look at the shadows on the flower bed!

I've never really been fond of hyacinths but they look quite pretty in the beds 

Kim was already at it with the surreptitious photos of me... 

the pond was also looking fabulous

it would have been handy to have the ultra wide angle lens with me, but I don't often carry it due to the weight 

this is the phone version 

the beds were looking very spring-like 

this is the round one at the end of the pond that you can't get close enough to for my liking! 

we took a walk along the Broad Walk 

some of the hellebores were facing upwards for a change 

the euphorbia were looking bright too

thisis across the grass towards the Hive

we headed that way next

there's also a really pretty pink magnolia across the path from the Hive

I've made this the latest screensaver on my phone for now....

whilst Kim was photographing the blooms from one side I crept under the branches of the magnolia and peeked out at her....

I was keen to catch this drop of rain in the petal... 

loving the blue sky backdrop, so much prettier! 

we turned the corner towards the Princess of Wales conservatory.

there is so much more blossom than last week

into the POW 

the jade vine was still looking fabulous...

reflections in the water 

I always love this plant

in the arid cacti section 

no cacti flowering but the plant in front (which I've forgotten what it is) look like it's growing on the cactus

we could hear a robin singing as we went up the steps to the upper level, eventually we saw him!

in the Alpine house next

the flowering aloe looks even more like the neck or a tortoise

next through to the evolution garden where a patch of pampas grass was glowing in the sun

and some more glorious magnolias

this deep pink one was too far into a bed to get closer shots. 

at the end of the evolution garden another patch of grass in the sun  - although as we got there the sun went behind a cloud!

we headed back towards the Palm House

in the sun whilst we were looking at this, it seemed quite white, but the photos still look pink!

Kim says I need to tag this, "had my hair colour done a week late" as it doesn't match this one !

we headed to the cafe for early(ish) refreshments

I had chocolate fudge cake and Kim fruity flapjack (new to the choice, but apparently not fabulous) 

updating FB with some photos....

then it was round the rose garden to the Yoshino cherry trees 

it was busy as you can see!

then we headed towards the magnolia glade

this cherry tree has really come into bloom well since last week (lots more to come though)

approaching the glade, one pink magnolia on the other side of the path 

I was still trying to find specimens I colour match to....

pretty close!

blogger has reversed some but I am running late so leaving them as is...

I don't know why blogger keeps doing it.... 

this is in a bed towards the path as we left the glade..

the fox often seen by the lake was here too

back to magnolias!! 

such pretty colours and with the sun shining through.

then we went to the lake 

the heron was peering closely through the water for his lunch!! (it was about noon!) 

I needed the longer zoom but it was at home

we crossed the lake 

this is starting to come into bloom too since last week, on the corner of Holly Walk 

as we headed in to check on "my" daisies....

which were looking fabulous

there 's so many of them!

then across the path into the Temperate House

this was along the side of one section that you can't walk down, which is a shame  

couldn't miss the salvias!

and we spotted another group of funghi on our way out

I made the mistake of kneeling down for this,  had to borrow Kim's crutch to heave myself up off the ground! 

and there we leave Kew for another week.  

thanks for looking, see you next week (early forecast suggests it should be nice weather again, hopefully it won't change!)