30 December 2016
After last year's trip to see the holiday lights at Kew Gardens, I was keen on seeing what Longwood Gardens had to offer.
Our timed tickets were for a 5:00 p.m. entrance. Twilight wreaked havoc on my camera's light balancing. Once the sun was well and truly down, things got better, but then my hands got cold and the camera wasn't playing well with the temperature either. Hampered by not having a tripod, and LEDs being what they are, I took a lot of blurry pictures. Excuses, excuses. Here are the ones that made the cut:
You know it's bad when the tree's reflection is more in focus than the tree itself:
It was all neat and tidy, well done but monotonous. There was no set path, and the wandering crowd was loud (well, to me it was, what with my new cyborg ears and all).
Inside the Conservatory were carefully overloaded Christmas trees:
There were a few of these chandeliers hanging about:
The Icicles of Damocles?
A succulent Christmas tree:
Orchids:
Bonsai crape myrtle:
A flock of birds of paradise:
Given a choice, I'd go to Kew again and skip Longwood. Jack agreed.
I did, however, come home with a creative interpretation of a beetle in glass ornament form:
Best part of the night.
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