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DRAWING & PAINTING:
8 March
It's frog time again, only one pile of spawn so far. The white circles are my foam "lily leaves" that give the fish some cover during winter. They are made of cut-up thick garden kneeling mats.
9 March
I am on the train from home to Waterloo Station.
We walked around the river at Hampton Court. It was a little chilly. We had our sandwiches here by the riverside and when we went, the crow and magpie did their usual seat inspection for crumbs.
10 March
The fish like to bask here as it is the warmest spot, they don't seem to be bothering the tadpoles though, which I am very glad about.
11 March
Mr Robin posing for us again as usual. This is an extremely fat daffodil bulb, I can't wait to see what giant flower comes out of it.
17 March
We went to Southwark Park today. We went into the Ada Salter garden at the end of the lake. The sundial was indicating midday.
More swathes of daffs outside the garden bit.
The river is nearby and we walked along. I like high tide, it makes the river much bigger. We watched this crane unloading from a barge.
The paving blocks here are laid in a wavy watery pattern. This is the steel bridge at St Saviour's Dock, where the River Neckinger flows into the Thames.
As we came towards Tower Bridge, we heard the siren go, so we hurried up to get nearer and managed to get a video of the drawbridge opening.
18 March
The tadpoles are now free and all bunched up in their corner. There is a lot of wriggling going on.
19 March
Today we went to Hampton Court to see the Million Daffodil meadow, it is three years since we came, because of two lockdown years, and we are so glad to see it all this year.
Being one of the free open days, we were then able to go into the main palace gardens. Here is one of the water features that are next to the long water. The gates are painted in gold.
The royal private garden, lots of spiky pyramid trees and gravel paths.
The little private gardens are not open to visitors but there are plenty of places around the perimeter to get good views. I just love the brick patterns on the chimneys.
This man and lady gardener statues are made of bits of bark stuck all over, they are very well done with no gaps between the bits!
This is the largest grapevine in the world, all the branches are under glass, and the roots are under a big empty mounded bed outside. There are mistletoe balls in the trees everywhere around the area.
A last look at the wonderful daffodil meadow. We also saw some rowers practising on the river.
20 March
This bee landed on the railway bridge top while we were waiting for our train. He is well and truly smothered in pollen and was trying to clean himself up a bit.
23 March
London Bridge Station was rebuilt some years ago, but these original iron girders from 1848 are kept for their history.
The girders are over the Joiner Street entrance.
We went to Liverpool Station station, which is one of my favourites with the fancy lights, and then a journey to Brentwood, out in the north east countryside, for some shopping.
Back to London Bridge, and the Needle monument is looking wistfully up to the Shard for some inspiration to reach the sky!
24 March
Another very sunny day, so we had a walk round Crystal Palace Park. We always have our sandwiches sitting opposite the Victorian concrete dinosaurs.
25 March
Our outing today is to Chesham in the north west of London, although really it is well out into the countryside.
After looking at the shops, we had our snack in this lovely park.
26 March
We went to see the end of the annual Head of River Race at Putney Bridge. Over 400 rowing boats took part.
We then went round the gardens of Fulham Palace which is right next to the river.
It's a very low doorway. The veg gardens are still bare, and the glass bells all clean and waiting in a row.
After that we took several buses through the very trafficky streets of the Chelsea area to get to Richmond Park where it is all peaceful and quiet. The trees have numbered tags on them. This spread of short logs is a great way to deal with a muddy hollow.
The woodlands are turning slightly green, with some patches of daffodils. I was able to get a video of this lovely jay hopping about.
A fair number of camellias were out. We will come back another month for the azaleas which are now only in small bud.
The pink one is definitely our favourite.
Brown Teddy likes the mossy tree trunks lying on the ground. On our way out of the park, we saw a few of the deer in the distance.
29 March
This is the shopping centre in Lewisham in South London. We just love models like this one for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The sea looks very inviting, so I think the little boat is out on a training exercise! In various glass cabinets around the centre are loads of these models by school children, colourful seals and walruses.
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