Monday, 6 January 2014

Kew Gardens

Cactus shapes
I do enjoy a bit of flower porn, so Kew Gardens in late summer always is worth a visit, regardless of the incredible price.  So whilst we are about to hit the coldest months of the year, enjoy some colour.

My favourite has to be the Princess Diana's glasshouse and the alpine house.  Give me some tiny, struggling plants any day.  Plus it's always cool in there, which is refreshing on a hot day.

We saw some parents nearly lose their minds out there.  They had lost their child, we had seen them wandering around one of the glass houses calling out his name.  Then later on outside they had reached the end, still hadn't found him.  They were really starting to panic and were about to call the police, when he just seemed to appear from a hedge.  Panic over, but I'm pretty sure that kid got a stern talking too.

Double flower action

Nothing like a good macro shot

The mythical lotus flower

Even the cacti were getting in on the flower action

A wasp inside a flower

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