Bluebell Woods

Tucked away here and there throughout the country, and even in parts of Greater London, such as Wanstead Park in NE London, are "Bluebell Woods" like this one. The flowers only show for a few weeks each year if you're lucky... I'm sure most visitors to the park don't even know these plants are here: there is plenty of other stuff to see, such as lakes, ducks, grass, trees...

I took several photos: some of them can be seen here.

Bluebell

I took this the other day near the Welsh Harp reservoir in North London. It appears to be a garden escapee: the Spanish type of bluebell, or possibly a hybrid. Still, it looks nice enough! Some true blue Brits will be posted shortly...

The Day After...

The day after all that snow... it was Spring again.

Oak Tree

Well, I haven't posted for a few days as I've been feeling a bit lazy or tired - so I'll make an effort to catch up a bit this weekend. The picture above was taken on the same day as that of the previous posting - in fact it is the same tree that you can see in the upper right foreground of the previous photo. It seems like an archetypal oak tree - pedunculate oak I presume.

The weather the next day was sunny and Spring-like... although still a bit chilly.

Snow in Springtime

It seems almost impossible to avoid going on about the weather in this country! Anyway, this morning's snow was most photogenic, so I couldn't resist, really. My girlfriend, who is from Russia, says it is most strange to see this as she has never seen so little snow, and so clean! At least in dear old Blighty snow is something of a novelty I suppose.

Asia

Well, it is snowing today in London... but enough of that. On a sunnier day, I took the above photo. It is a picture of the Asia statue decorating the Albert Memorial opposite the Albert Hall, both of which you can see in the title photo of this blog. The memorial was opened in 1872 and the chief sculptor was Hugh Henry Armstead. The above statue is one of four, one at each corner, depicting Asia, The Americas, Africa and Europe. There are also another four representing manufacturing, commerce, agriculture and science, plus a frieze showing 169 artists of various types.