Well, for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Green I decided to go with…..yes, you guessed it…..GREEN.
The giant waterlily Victoria cruziana in the Waterlily House
at Kew Gardens, London, England
Not for me such hollow protests as
- I don’t have any green photos apart from plants,
- blue/red/yellow is a spiritual form of green,
- green is boring
……need I go on? No! I’m taking the bull by the horns and going totally green. Except, of course, for the DELICIOUS STRAWBERRY CAKE which is present to lend a little variety…. not to mention the fact that I could spend all day looking at it while quite possibly drooling a little bit if I’m not careful.
Right, enough talk! Back to the subject at hand….GREEN. (I know, still not the proper format…… One of these days, perhaps)
Tree fern and spiral staircase in the Palm House
at Kew Gardens, London
Sweet little plant at the edge of the waterlily pond.
Kew Gardens, London.
Please let me know if you know it’s name (botanical name, that is!)
Leaf of a Plane Tree
As I was waiting at Ealing Common Station to catch the train to Kew Gardens this lovely leaf fluttered down onto the tracks just in front of me. I could hear the train coming and scrambled to find my camera just in time to snap a photo.
My lettuce and chives growing in a green Greensmart pot!
The early tomato crop –
eaten long ago!
The manifold of one of the old engines that used to raise
the halves of Tower Bridge, London.
This is on view in the base of the bridge’s southern tower
OK…you’ve been patient enough…..CAKE TIME!!
My niece’s birthday cake – made by my sister. Note the green grass, green chairs,
green party poppers and green strawberry leaves. Enjoy!
brissiemaz 
Visually just gorgeous!
I’m glad you liked it. Green sounded a little tricky at first but it’s amazing what you find amongst your photos when you start searching. Thanks for being so positive!
The Kew Gardens look amazing…I hope I can get there one day. I’ve never seen anything like that water lily!
It’s a wonderful place. Glad you like it. Thanks for dropping by and commenting.
Love these photos! Kew looks incredible!
Thanks Mary! You’ll have to visit Kew one day. Glad you like the photos!
Wonderful images. 🙂
I had a great time choosing them….glad you liked them! Thanks for your comment 🙂
Gorgeous photos! I love the one with the spiral staircase.
Thanks a lot! I was lucky it had all been repainted recently, too.
beautifully rich green 🙂
Thank you, Jenn 🙂
Beautiful. Cake is always welcome.
Why thank you CTB and thanks for stopping by.
Wow, your photos are fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
Why, thank you very much! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.
LOL love the bit of green in the cake too… but not fair seeing this gorgeous cake early in the morning here with no chance of getting to taste it 🙂
The giant waterlily leaves look awesome, so does all the wholesome and healthy looking fresh green in other pictures.
Thank you,IHM, for your kind comments. I had fun doing that post ’cause I love green and I love cake!
Kew Gardens is a delightful place to visit with a camera.
My favorite color, green! So nice of you to visit my blog, and I’m glad I checked yours out! Such a nice break from watching a documentary about chemtrails. OMG.
I’m pleased you liked it and thanks so much for visiting!
those lily pads are incredible – and so is the cake!
Aren’t they amazing? Kew Gardens is a wonderful place……and I can assure you the cake was delicious! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
That big green lily leaf is amazing. Great green collection of photos
Thanks pommepal! I had a wonderful time at Kew!
I would love to go there
Who that was the master of lilypad! I’d like to see it in real 🙂
Il est spectaculaire n’est-ce pas? Je suis content que ça vous a plu. Je l’ai photograhed à Kew Gardens à Londres. Merci pour votre visite 🙂
Phenomenal shots – I really love the lily pads!
Thanks for your kind comment, Emma. The lily pads are extraordinary. I tried to check out your site but there’s a glitch somewhere…will try again tomorrow.
Ok, now this isn’t fair. I’ve been looking through your blog and now you flood my senses with green things, sunshine and finally yummy looking strawberry birthday cake? That’s more than anyone should bear. I live in Portland, Oregon where the sun never shines, it’s snowing outside at 32F & pitch dark at 1:30 a.m.. Seriously, thanks for posting to show that there is life somewhere on the planet. Happy New Year. – Bob
Oops…sorry about the sensory overload, Bob! With regard to the weather…. it’s not ALL good fun… today’s forecast is 37 degrees C or thereabouts so we might get to 100 degrees F before the day is done. Pray for me!! Thanks for dropping by…glad you liked the green stuff and the strawberry cake. Best wishes for 2013. Mary 🙂