Take a walk, with me

Hello Dear Readers,

It was the most delicious day today here in Putney, birds singing, sun shining, and everyone was out enjoying it! I SHOULD have stayed in to finish two job applications I'm working on, but they will be here tomorrow, when it rains again.... so I went on a nice long walk and took some photos.

Here is the view from my front door, some lovely rosaceous trees in full pink bloom...

And here is my brother's rowing club, Thames Rowing Club, just two blocks from our house (no accident that).

Further down the Thames towpath, a nice collection of boats, more pink trees and a lone skuller making his way down the river. Later he actually ran into a group of novice skullers, almost literally, the poor kid behind him didn't have control of his boat and his coach in the launch had to yell "Watch out!"
A nice close up of an apple tree, half out of bloom along the walk. Liked it so much I made it my wallpaper.
A KISSING GATE! See the metal part of the gate closest to me swings into the u shaped gate, allowing one person to go in, then you have to swing it back out to get to the other side. Traffic control. Very Smart.
And then as I headed down to Barnes high street to enjoy the duck pond, I saw this in someones balcony.
No idea. Truely, no idea. I had just spent the morning watchin Dr. Who The End of Time and for one wild moment I thought, hey, maybe it is real! But I think someone just has too much time and money. Certainly money, since this house is pratically on the river in Barnes. But still, very expensive sculpture for a place that rains a lot. Maybe it IS a statue....