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Purple Patch
Just one beauty from Kew’s Orchid Festival Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Purple, Floral Friday, Today’s Flowers, I Heart Macro and Macro Monday.
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Spring, did I hear you say?
-Six Word Saturday It certainly is in beautiful Kew: Bridge in Kew Gardens The low sun of early Spring brings stripes and shadows galore Also linked to Shadow Shot Sunday.
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Mr Sandman comes to Kew
“Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen … Mr Sandman, someone to hold Would be so peachy before we’re too old” … It seems that Mr Sandman is hard at work in the peaceful...
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Black Jack Orchid
Paphiopedilum maudiae ‘Black Jack’, Kew Gardens, London You might think from the name of this orchid that it would be much darker. It’s a beauty nonetheless, in a very fetching burgundy with a thin...
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Sun is Splitting the Fence Posts
-Six Word Saturday A bridge in Kew Gardens Part of the Six Word Saturday party and linked to Shadow Shot Sunday.
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Conservatory Fit for a Princess
The strong lines and angles of this low-lying conservatory are just one of the architectural pieces of interest at Kew Gardens. It is the Princess of Wales Conservatory was commissioned in 1982 to...
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Forming a Purple Kew
A purple look back at Kew’s Spring Orchid Festival. Linked to Purple, Spring, Macro Monday, Mosaic Monday, Floral Friday and Today’s Flowers.
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Harvest Sunbeam
For those finding the summer heat hard to bear, here’s a quick look forward to a cooler harvest-time sun.
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Sit a While in Kew
You can visit Kew with delight at any time of the year (and you can visit at a bargain right now, as entry is only £9.50 until the end of January 2015). If you get a bright day, grab a bench and rest...
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Well Paired
Looking down from the Hive, Kew Gardens, London, June 2016 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 25 June 2016 Part of Partners
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Walk High, Fly High, Dream High
Treetop walkway, Kew Gardens, London, June 2016 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 June 2016 Part of Six Word Saturday
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Up in the Trees
Treetop Walkway, Kew Gardens, London, June 2016 Kew Garden’s Arboretum has a fantastic walkway that lets you to wander at your leisure around the canopy of lime, oak and sweet chestnut trees. 118...
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Dragonless Pagoda
Kew Garden’s ten-storey, 163 ft tall, Pagoda was constructed in 1762, at the time when Chinoiserie was all the rage. It was a bright, colourful building with varnished iron plates on the roofs, and 80...
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Rear View
Instant recognition or bafflement? Copyright Debbie Smyth, 1 July 2016 Part of Weekend in B&W
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Bleached in the Sun
Kew Gardens has an attractive lake with 4 small islands which especially warrants a wander on a sunny day. The curvy bridge across the lake, has a shimmer and grace that matches the water and the...
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Bee Happy
Kew Gardens has a stunning new structure on site this summer. It measures 17 metres in height and 40 tonnes in weight, but its significant stature is not simply based on its impressive size. The...
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Treetop Shadows
Treetop Walkway, Kew Gardens, London, June 2016 Looking down from the Treetop Walkway gives a great view of the structure, in shadow form. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 July 2016 Part of Shadow...
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