As a side note, I took these photos sat on the bed near the window of the guest bedroom.

I had a very cold bed that night… oops? :D

I think I neglected to mention previously that my picture-taking goes through phases. And there might be loooong quiet periods.

Oh well.

I do have some nice photos – one from when the canal lock was being repaired and maintained, flowers from my grandmother’s garden when I was house sitting for three weeks, a few from the lake… today will start off a four-picture series of a sunset there, and after that… well, lets see.

In a rather nice pose (against a bare tree) on a statue at Kew.

You know about gulls, right? :D I like this photo. Didn’t think it would come out so nice.

This is a bird you’ll easily recognise.

Actually called the Indian Blue Peafowl, it’s… well… indian. And there are… three, four? that we saw at Kew… but then we only saw one peahen. There must be an awful lot of competition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Peafowl

Although I’m quite sure she didn’t know what she chose.This is the seemingly shy yet unsubtly stunning Golden Pheasant. It’s chinese. And it’s at Kew. In fact, there are several at Kew. They even have an RSPB page!

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/goldenpheasant/

Not much I can say about them, aside from the fact that they are brighter in real life, and my reaction upon seeing one was “HOLY SHIT.”

We had it today! :D

This is the very nice cloud I saw afterwards.

Have an egglayer!

They’re even weirder in real life.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/e/egyptiangoose/index.asp

I didn’t see many – just these – and whilst they look weird, and you can definitely see why they’re called egyptian geese, they’re also rather… cute, really.

It is said that, whilst a crow can be mistaken for a raven, you always know a raven when you see it. But here, sat on… yep… a bit above the door of the Temperate House at Kew, this is definitely a crow.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/carrioncrow/index.asp

Since the only ravens in London are at the Tower, and have clipped wings, this has to be the infamous carrion crow. And they are definite posers – it’s something about the way they stand, their favoured perches are things that rise out of the surrounding landscape (benches, desks, etc), and the fact that they are sheer black large lumps.

Well, easter friday. So today you shall have that ever brave and ever stupid creature of creation, the Robin.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/robin/index.asp

What can you say about the robin that hasn’t been said?

Except that there seem to be a few taken up residence in the Temperate House. Or one. I can’t tell.

is a very pretty flowering vine thing.

I don’t know what it’s called. But it’s in the Temperate House in Kew.