The weather has been amazing over the weekend, last Saturday I lost internet connection for twelve hours while I had to work on stuff. It made me realise that I spend way too many hours at my desk because I still ended up retouching pictures for a client while I’d promise myself not to work and go out for a few. The same happened on Sunday, I really wanted to finish retouching the forty pictures from their new summer collection. The sooner I finish it the sooner it will be online and live. So yes a bit of expediency is involved as well but who can blame me, I’ve worked hard to get results…
But Sunday I decided to bring my Mac and my Wacom tablet and make use of the garden facilities of friends so I could work outside and enjoy the sun and a glass of wine too along with some mouth-watering delicate tea-time treats… English sandwiches with ham/bacon/egg, turkey/chicken/avocado and of course one with smoked salmon *a feast!* On Monday I’d promised myself a day off since it was Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday in May) in the UK. I’d planned to visit Kew Gardens because it’s something I’ve always wanted to see and the weather was absolutely perfect for this.
So I had an amazing day out! My favourites were the Palm House and the Waterlily House both the hottest and most humid of Kew’s glasshouses but I was thriving in the heat and the humidity, I loved it! I could’ve stayed there all day long guess it’s in the genes *hehe*. I also climbed the eighteen metres high stairs to get a unique birds-eye view of Kew from the Treetop Walkway. Later that day I had a birthday party in Addlestone Surrey. After all the walking the lovely finger food was another welcome treat…
© Zesty Gal, Kew Gardens (move mouse over picture to show navigation)
I like the slideshow
What? Using stairs?
That’s a neat idea being able to climb to the treetops.
Thank you
You’ll have your own soon 
Stairs: yes well… the elevator was out of order but I would’ve taken the stairs anyway *hehe* so it was 60 feet high all the way up to the treetops. It was nice up there but I thought it would be more spectacular to be honest. Not much of a view just all green treetops *LOL* Guess the view would be better in autumn when leaves aren’t blocking
I’ll add two pictures to the (end of the) slideshow so you can see
Wow!! That’s a niiiice park! I called Red just now so that he could see the beautiful pictures…we are saying (chorus): “We need to go to the UK”
You don’t see things like that in Malta unfortunately and how I would love to have the chance to just grab a book and sit under a tree or something…I try here but it is next to impossible.
I hope you have had a wonderful Sunday!
It’s an amazing park!
I spent 4.5 hours there on a hot sunny day and regretted the fact that I had to go to this birthday party (which was slightly boring… :-O ) because I could’ve stayed all day and enjoy it!
Don’t forget Wen, this is England… where grey skies are common and sun is rare
So if you need the combination of sun and green to enjoy the park than you’d better be prepared for disappointment weather-wise 
It’s a shame you don’t have much green there, I totally understand your feelings and yes reading under a tree is bliss! I think you’d be safer traveling to France or even NL *hehe* I had an extremely tiring Sunday *LOL* but good in a way. Hope yours was good too!