Kew Gardens

Hello dear Readers,

Busy weekend last weekend. Last Saturday (which just so happened to be World Wide Knit In Public day , no I'm not making that up) Chris's cousin Christiana came to see us in London before going home to Cyprus for the summer. We took her out to Kew gardens so she can see where I work and also cause it's a damn cool place!

We walked around the herbarium where I work, then went out into the gardens. They replaced all the tulips with cacti in this display, it really works for summer.
We hiked up to the top of the tree top walk way, Chris is really getting over his fear of heights (though he squoze my hand very tightly when not taking pictures).


We wandered into the Princess of Wales conservatory where they grow orchids and other tropical plants. Here I am inspecting an orchid for that famous 180 degree twisting of the flower....


There was also a butterfly display on at the POW where you could really walk right up to them while they feasted on melon and pineapple.

Here they are in their pupation cases, hatching out and letting their wings dry. There were some amazing huge moths as well, but unfortunately we didn't get very good pictures. It was an exhausting day all around, and I took as many opportunities as possible to SIT DOWN as you will see in this video.




But all in all a nice day, and decent weather for it too. When we came back we had a little dinner and relaxed and sent her off on the train around 8:00.

This weekend has been a lot quieter, with a lot more crafting going on for me (photos to follow). I also had my first adult ballet class on Saturday. I kept up more than I thought I would, but not as much as I would have liked. I defiantly need to get some shoes if I'm going to do this some more! I also taught knitting again today and had 5 new students which is great news. No roommates this weekend either so I took the opportunity to do laundry and have a good clean.

Not that much else to report, looking forward to my parents coming in two weeks, and still really enjoying working at Kew. I'm learning so much every day, which is one of my favorite things to do!

Cheerio!