Kew Gardens 5th Smile – Temperate House

A cold day in Kew Gardens and so many things to see:

The Temperate house is home to an internationally important collection of temperate zone plants, including some of the rarest and most threatened.

It is the largest Victorian glasshouse in the world.

As a Listed Grade 1 building, it has been restored to its new glory and re opened in May 2018.

 

Walk with me and enjoy the rare and beautiful plants.

Nepal Yam

Giant citrus fruit

Australian plant

Click on the individual picture to enlarge.

Each plant showing off its beauty in different ways.

There is a spiral staircase to walk up along the Gallery.

The view is fantastic, and the sun was shining.

On my way out I passed the gift shop and found some lovely Bamboo socks.

I couldn’t resist.

 

I’ll be back at Kew very soon!

all pictures taken by me at Kew Garden

Kew Gardens 3rd Smile

Another visit to my favourite garden.

Every time I explore different areas.

As it is so big, I never run out of finding beauties of nature.

This time I found

the making of a pinecone

 

A really funny shaped very small bloom:

(I don’t know all the botanical names, as my eyes are bigger than my memory)

 

One of my favourite grasses

 

Another pretty little thing – a hanging flower

One of Kew’s famous lizards

a tall proud multi coloured beauty

and another hanging blue miracle

 

‘Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. ¹² The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. ‘ Genesis 1,11

 

All pictures taken at Kew Gardens by me.

Pure White

Today’s colour is Pure White.

So many different shapes and sizes.

 

 

 

Start the day with pure thoughts …

May it be a day filled with peace and love!

Update:

As the pictures originally did not come out I have made a gallery of them.

Hope this works.

Peaceful walk

I enjoyed a peaceful walk to a clothes shop the other day. Next to the shop was a church I always liked and it had open day so I went in. It also has beautiful church yard with wild flowers, old gravestones and plaques – like a trail – explaining some of the features, like the mini beasts there, birds, and come special trees.

I did buy some nice summer trousers – no picture 🙂

but here are my pictures from the church yard.

I am sharing the beauty and calmness with you!

 

 

 

 

When you stop and look around

this life is pretty amazing! 

 

 

Nature’s Beauty

Nature present itself with such beauty, it is amazing how colourful the world is and how different other countries look. And of course animals and nature.

Here some pictures I picked to show you – as a feast for your eyes.

Thank you to Aurora Borealis Facebook page where the most amazing pictures are being shown.

Water drops

Autumn Tree

A swallowtail just out of its pupa. A new life for a beautiful butterfly.

Autumn in Colorado

and finally the nosy squirrel….a real close up!

Thank you to Aurora Borealis Facebook page.