Saturday, June 22, 2024

Kew

 




yesterday was lovely and sunny and warm...not so today



lots of the geese were in front of the Palm House, making a lot of mess as you can see!
I took more photos today than for a long time, i will try and edit the numbers I share to a normal/reasonable level....




blogger is reversing the order,  so early in the post!
we laughed at this bird in the flowers 


some of them were snoozing on the grass 



this is in the bed at the top of the Broad Walk,  gradually opening flowers



we headed down the Broad Walk as usual 
which was empty




there is a little spider or something on this






lots of colour along the Broad Walk






some of my favourites from summer along the Broad Walk are opening 




going to seed quickly this year 



we turned off to head towards Kew Palace so found a few different things 

allium under an India sweet chestnut tree, catching it's flowers...
beautiful blue eryngiums



out of order again... behind Kew Palace 
we had a brief shower here...




corsican pine

this tree has been struck twice by lightening and once by a light aircraft... since it was planted in the 1870s 
(Kew has some summer "trails" and this is on one about Kew's Remarkable Trees 

that's me underneath it..... we decided not to hang about!  


grass garden



















bed of flowers in amongst the grasses,  remember these from last year 

the huge gum tree has flowers!  who knew 


the sun came out for a few minutes at the wildflower bed











the only trouble of taking photos down there is getting up again...


love the blue of the cornflower

there were loads of bees 

the sweet peas were smelling beautiful
big grey clouds kept scudding across.... 


Kim took me taking a selfie playing match the hair to the roses (the ones above)







then into the poppies in the evolution garden 

this one was on the path under the pergola.


gorgeous  


the sun was turning the poppies yellow, amazing effect 






then it was time to try and catch the bees in action 


I failed - it was moving too quick

new things on the way

yikes... that's a big black cloud... set off well by the roses.  (we were lucky, it spat a few drops but not as much as it could)


sleeping bee



this one too 

more favourites starting to flower 




Kim getting in close 




more sleepy bees 
this is one of the yellow flowers just opening. 
and a little further
open!   












we kept an eye on the cloud!


back through the other side of the evolution garden






at the top near the gateway into the rock garden,


agapanthas are opening, hurrah





we also remembered a Kew FB/X post about the aloe in the rock garden flowering...



it was amazing 
























outside the alpine house
across the rock garden



round the pond at the Palm House



trying to prove there was a little blue sky!
it was a sitting outside day just... another few spits of rain.



just before 10,  

carrot cake


me sending carrot cake to FB!

after breakfast , after 10, so the fountain is turned on


headed back to the Princess of Wales




we knew after last weekend we'd missed "stinky" the titan arum flowering, which happened mid week
this is what it looked like today











on phone for wider angle




damn, blogger is messing again 


patterns in the waterlily pads


upper level 

another stinky,  pelican flower




more cacti trying to flower 
by the pond in the POW 

out of order again cheers blogger 










then we headed back to the waterlily house
crossing the grass between the Broad Walk and waterlily house we found goose creche in the long grass!







loving the aeoniums outside the waterlily house
the into the Palm House, not done this for a while  so we walked round all sides of it
zingibar specatible  (beehive ginger) 
in flower 
decaying palm frond




tamarind


something growing round a rusty support



spiky!  
















hibiscus just been watered 
gorgeous light










out through the rose garden and the Marc Quinn

time to play with reflections...



this is Kim
this is me!









we had a lot of fun





before heading to the lake






the davies exploration house,


strawflowers





then outside for more play












































this one nearly disappears it's great 

into the gallery
this is beautiful

but I adore this one
I just want to reach out and touch the paint!  

I'd forgotten about some of these pieces
the way the cases reflect to give the illusion of multiple vases



we got told off for getting too close! 

in the side corridor we found a couple of pieces we hadn't seen before 



great shadows!

some of the pieces demanded close ups



we ended at the sculpture by the Victoria gate 






just love the distortions










I think I've wheedled this down quite successfully from 552 photos.... hope you enjoyed, thanks for looking


see you  next week for the after birthday edition!  

1 comment:

Virginia said...

Oh that looks like a fun visit, Kew is definitely in full bloom at the moment, your photos seemed to be a rainbow of colours.

Love the sculptures as you know, loved the art inside the gallery space as well.

The carrot cake looks tasty and I definitely giggled at the bird in a plant.

Hope you have had a good week.

Hugs