Showing posts with label botanical garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label botanical garden. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2014

Kew Gardens



















The begining of the Intoxication Season at Kew Gardens with the promise of discovering the stories of the mind altering plants, along with the "final countdown" feeling that we are experimenting these days brought me and my friends to visit for the first time the wonderful Kew Gardens.

I think we are going to remember this Sunday forever, because the place was absolutely magical and we were high in happiness and fresh oxygenated air,  amazed by cactus, orchids, algae (!) and by the wild fragment tropic contained in the Prince of Wales Conservatory; surprised by the discovery that the word "canvas" comes from "cannabis", and other fun facts of other fun plants; delighted because the Thames was shinny, the people were jogging, riding, standing paddling, sunbathing or drinking along the bankside, and because afterwards we had a delicious Sunday roast with an improvised whiskey tasting and because apparently it was the last warm, sunny day of the year... and we were in the best place to enjoy it!

Yes, I'm probably exaggerating, but as the song say: if you happy and you know it, clap your hands. Days like this don't happen often enough, so this is me clapping my hands and being grateful for such amazing weather, company and location.

If you have the chance of visiting Kew Gardens, please DO IT. You'll love it.
 

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Botanical Garden














Yesterday I wrote a very nasty post about the first day of June that was truly awful, from the beginning to the very last minute when I had to leave the house because my kettle burn down and filled everything with smoke and gas. I never hit the "post" button, and I guess it was better, because all those bad vibes went away with the fire. Now I'm happy again and it is a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon.

Photos are from the Botanical Garden Carlos Thays. I went there on Thursday. It is a lovely little quiet place to go. Curious note: aside from the plants, flowers and trees, Buenos Aires's Botanical Garden has cats. Loads of them. They own the place. This also happens in Recoleta Cemetery. I have no idea why but it is quite nice, a very personal trademark, or the cat thing also happens in other gardens/cemeteries? Let me know. I'm curious now.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend, and if you happen to be in the UK, keep enjoying your long holiday! x