Summer has gone …
photography
Looking for Karl Marx in Highgate
It was great weather last sunday. Shamefully I was not planning anything particular to do in this lovely day so decided to go for a walk locally to my first visit to Highgate Cemetery. It is a famous cemetery that well-known people are buried.
I have several English friends who like to go cemeteries. They say it is calming and makes them feel peaceful. However, for me as a Japanese person a cemetery is somewhere spooky so I never be keen on visiting there. In old fashioned Japanese horror films ghosts always appear under willow trees near a cemetery. By thinking lots of bodies under the ground walking around there is also quite disterving to me. Anyway, that is why this became my first visit to this famous place. It was something new for me.
In order to reach the cemetery I went through Waterlow Park in Highgate.
Waterlow Park
The park has a wide grass area with some huge trees and some colour too.
It’s Raspberry Time!
Yay, it is Raspberry time. It has been raining a lot almost every day here in London so I hardly water plants in my garden.
Whilst I was not even going out to my garden my Raspberries gradually started to appear. They were small and green at the beginning and became bigger …
Visiting RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016
It was ‘RHS Chelsea Flower Show’ week last week. It is the biggest Flower show on earth and people from all over the world exhibit their design and display. I am not a member of RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) but love to go there whenever it is available. Although I was not expecting that would happen to me this year, I got a ticket accidentally so I went to view beautiful gardens.
My Chelsea viewing starts as soon as I come out from the tube station. The nearest station to the show is Sloan Square which leads to King’s Road with lots of clothes shops. During the Flower Show period many shops around there use flowers as a part of their window display. I always wander around there before walking towards the show.
Have a Wonderful Holiday!
Have a great time everybody! 😉
135 Apples !!
Look what I’ve got …
135 Apples!!
What can I make with these?
3 Million Red Spider Lilies ‘Higanbana’ (彼岸花/曼珠沙華)
I apologise that I could not post regularly recently whilst I was staying in Japan but I am back in London now and hope I can get back on track. My stay in Japan was mainly for a family matter but I made some small trips and had some good food experiences in my spare time so I am going to publish some posts from today.
Red Spider Lily ‘Higanbana (彼岸花)’ along Yakachi River
So, my first catch-up post during my visit in Japan is about the little trip I made in September to see this famous area that was covered with Red Spider Lilies ‘Higanbana‘ (Lycoris radiata) which is also called Cluster Amaryllis in English. 3 million flowers were literally clustered around in this vast area along the bank of Yakachi river in Handa, Aichi prefecture.
It was just a magnificent view of a red stripe of flowers spreading as far as you could see.
The Walk along Cray Riverway & the Picnic
Definitely summer has gone away from England. Each time we have some rain the air is getting colder and wetter. Autumn is here now and then … ‘Winter is coming’ … Huh? Are you from Winterfell?
( ↑ Don’t mention the thing not everybody understands! 😦 )
However, the Saturday two weeks ago had great weather. As it could have been the last nice day to go out, we did not want to miss the chance. We packed our ‘Bento’ Lunch box and left home for a walk.
This time our destination was ‘Cray Riverway’. There was a little walk from the station to the path. We had to ask the direction twice including the landlord of this little pub. I liked the interior of the pub. Very authentic.
Shortly after leaving the pub we found the entrance to the Riverway which was a small river that went through dense woodland.
The Walk in Trent Country Park
Very inviting bright path with dappled light
It was a very fine weather on Sunday so I went to walk in Trent Country Park in Enfield, England.
The Pond near the entrance had a good reflection
Long Avenue creating a breezy shade
There were many people and most of them were with a family. I tried to take a quieter route by going through wilder area.
A leaning tree looked picturesque
A bridge in Water Garden area
Blue sky, dark green of woods, yellowy green of grass and a speck of red colour of a deck chair somebody’s carrying … all these colours contrasting so harmoniously. Viewing this scene was the perfect way to finish my day trip.
The Visit to Moreton-in-Marsh
St. David’s Church
I visited Moreton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire. It is part of the Cotswolds in England. It was not a planned day trip. On the contrary it was a very sad occasion … unexpected funeral. But it was a lovely town in the lovely weather as if everything was celebrating my friend’s great talented life. I could not resist taking photos after everything was finished.
Traditional Sandstone building contrasting well with Lavender
What is this, underneath the Weathercock?
Is this the Headquarter of the Hunger Games?
Very British
The sign is written in English and Japanese. Thank you! Very kind
It was a memorable moving service in a memorable pretty town. Please Rest in Peace, my Dear Friend. Love you forever xxx
Sakura Junction 