Multicoloured
This year’s christmas light show at Kew Gardens was their fifth and their largest. It featured over one million glittering lights with matching seasonal music. The route included favourites from […]
Laser beams at the Palm House
I am just back from the Christmas at Kew display – a great evening of light displays, Christmas music and mulled wine. Here’s a very quick peek, with more to […]
Queen’s Beastly Lion
Ten heraldic statues, made of plaster and standing six feet in height, were created for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. They became known as the Queen’s […]
Round and not so round
Some old pumpkin images from Kew Gardens, London, October 2013 (before manual, raw and new camera) – – – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 31 October 2017 Posted as part of Rounded
Festival of orchids
– Hex colour reference: e6a8d7 A colourful note: the first recorded use of orchid as a colour name in English was in 1915, The actual shade varies possibly more than any […]
Flowering with Zeal
. Hex colour reference: #8f509d A colourful note: vivid violet appeared as a new Crayola shade in 1997, a vary busy year for crayons. The company introduced a fair number of new […]
Purple Majesty
You can see the magnificent hive structure in its more natural format over here. Hex colour reference: #9d81ba A colourful note: the Purple Mountain’s Majesty crayon was named as part of Crayola’s […]
Floral Peacock
. Hex colour reference: #c5d0e6 A colourful note: this pale blue-lilac shade, known as periwinkle, is named after the flowers of the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb. The first recorded use […]
Monkey in the Jungle
This monkey is the work of Pinstripes & Peonies, a wonderful florist that is based at New Covent Garden Flower Market. Hex reference: #3bb08f A colourful note: […]
Oranges and Greens
Every February, Kew Gardens brightens our lives with a tremendous Orchid Festival. This year the theme is India and there’s no doubt that the colours and shapes (including an orchid-filled […]
Travel with Intent 