A cold day at Kew Gardens yet the beauty stays.
I observed so many different patterns and shapes this time.
The ‘Smilex’ with its heart shaped leaves and thorns.
Again I tried to take photos with a bokeh- effect as good as I can with my Phone Camera.
Look at those amazing patterns of 2 very different plants.
It is wonderful to have been able to share this visit with a wonderful friend.
A sweet friendship refreshes the soul. Proverbs 27.9
Seen in Kew Gardens
Just breathe, think less, love more, share often and smile always!
Wishing all a wonderful not so busy weekend!
This time I went to Kew to find the Autumn colours.
My blogger friend Colleen loves to travel and loves Kew,
so I invited Colleen along to enjoy the Gardens.
She loved the yellow Ginko Tree,
behind is a golden Larch just starting to colour.
Along the bridge a variety of colours…….
hang on Colleen I need to catch up.
This is a very tall Monkey Puzzle Tree.
We looked at it closely.
It looked more like a column.
Amazing nature ♥
I couldn’t stop Colleen climbing this Bonsai Tree.
We needed a break and sat down for lunch and a chat.
Colleen brought enough for all in the rucksack, thank you.
On our way we found this beautiful Autumn tree
and rustled through the Autumn leaves.
Thank you Colleen, I’m so happy you could come.
We were having so much fun in Kew Gardens together!!!
I loved every minute of it!!!
♥ Sharing is having more ♥
The best way to multiply your happiness is to share it with others.
This post is for my Cornish Blogger friend Sally.
Referring to my last post from Kew, Sally asked about the Haikus in Kew Gardens – she would love to read them all. I saw them written in Japanese.
I went back to Kew, back to the Haikus and looked closer.
Happy to say ….I did find a Haiku written in English 🙂
So here is one for you, Sally ♥
Bees happily hum Wisteria vines strangle Days bleed into night.
As the seasons change – Kew Garden does too. We went to the Japanese Festival in Kew.
God's beauty never ends. We just need to take time to open our eyes to see it, to feel it and to experience all it can be. Laura D Field
In the Temperate house we saw Art work
‘A thousand Springs’ from Chiharu Shiota.
5000 Haikus – in Japanese – referencing nature – suspended on red threads
while listening to beautiful music by a Japanese composer.
The Chalk Garden was a mixture of chalky English limestone and beautiful Japanese planting.
We saw colours with Bonsai Trees
I’ll leave you with a Japanese proverb
One who smiles rather than rages is always stronger.
Wishing everyone a great weekend !
Another trip to Kew Gardens – this time I found lovely different shapes in the plants. We walked through the rainforest, grasses and admired another beautiful open waterlily.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing something beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. Ralph Waldo Emerson
God was very creative making wonderful shapes for us to admire.
We saw a fruit in different stages
God gave us eyes to see the beauty of nature and hearts to see the beauty in each other.
This time in Kew Gardens I admired the flowers and learnt some Photography tips from my Photographer friend I went with.
I learnt to focus on the flower with a blurry background. This was even possible with my Mobile phone camera and I was so happy that this worked well.
Please click on the individual picture to enlarge it. I’m proud how the pictures came out.
This little fellow fell on my trousers while we had lunch under an Oak tree.
He was not even 1 cm long.
We passed a fascinating tree, a Maritime Pine which did not grow straight. The bark was smoother on one side and really rugged on the other.
We stayed so long we nearly needed a lantern home….
A sweet friendship refreshes the soul. Proverbs 27:9
Looking closer at an Agave at Kew Gardens, you can see clearly that every leaf has a unique pattern of the way it has grown from the inside.
The leaves have similar patterns but evey one is unique to its’ unfolding.
We are unique creatures, every one of us.
Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud. Apolo Ohno
A new day – a new visit to my favourite Kew Gardens
A walk with a friend through Kew, drinking in the many beautiful colours of plants, I don’t remember the names of.
Here a collage of the beautiful mix.
There are some Eucalytus trees, it fascinated me that there are blooms, fruits and unripe fruits on the same tree at the same time.
Sometimes …. just spending some quality time with good friends is the only therapy you need.
The Waterlily house is open again, hurray, of course with limited amount of people going in at a time.
Some close ups:
The Rose Garden was amazing, all roses blooming and giving their wonderful scent to us.
I found some beautiful coloured flowers, which I thought need a bit of ironing…only joking 🙂 The crumbly look made them even more special, they were rather delicate in both colours.
A special playful large scale bench waited for us to simply sit, relax and smell the planted circle of rock roses in the middle and enjoy nature.
New growth coming form every tree, and plant. I always love to see growth.
Every time I visit I find different plants, flowers and enjoy nature more than ever. It pushes happiness button every time and makes me grateful to live in such a wonderful world.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our head.
Ute smile 