I've been glued to the computer having a lot of fun and planning the forthcoming trip though I must admit that at times it feels as if I am planning a gigantic tour for 100 people instead of just T and me. We will be away for quite a while, taking in three different countries altogether, and doing different things in each one.
Since I'm immersed in Lewis Carroll right now, I found time to go to the latest meeting of the Lewis Carroll Society, which was in the extraordinary surroundings of @Waterloo, one of the new breed of serviced offices in London, it was designed by Peldon Rose, (which also designed the new Google office block in London) on the theme of "Alice in Wonderland." It's been so successful that it was 98 percent let within a couple of weeks of opening.
Since it was evening, we had it more or less to ourselves. So here are a couple of LCS members braving the enormous White Rabbit and coming to meet me....
What you really can't see from my photos is the dazzling whiteness of it all, like something out of a science fiction movie. Click the link for more photos of this place. It is quite exhilarating to be meeting there.
And we had an autumn walk through Regents Park. I loved Nadezda's post on the rose garden in Regent's Park recently (and if you like gardening, by the way, look at her blog here. I often think I'd love to see her garden in real life, she gives it so much love and skill).
I'm a big fan of the rose gardens but I am just as fond of some very Victorian-looking gardens in the southeast part of the park - they were designed originally around the 1860s and restored about 25 years ago. . They're usually planted out several times a year with striking colour schemes and combinations of plants.
I was entranced by this great shout of autumnal colour as a sort of defiant reminder that winter is coming.
And I spotted this cat television in someone's garden ...
Since I'm immersed in Lewis Carroll right now, I found time to go to the latest meeting of the Lewis Carroll Society, which was in the extraordinary surroundings of @Waterloo, one of the new breed of serviced offices in London, it was designed by Peldon Rose, (which also designed the new Google office block in London) on the theme of "Alice in Wonderland." It's been so successful that it was 98 percent let within a couple of weeks of opening.
Since it was evening, we had it more or less to ourselves. So here are a couple of LCS members braving the enormous White Rabbit and coming to meet me....
What you really can't see from my photos is the dazzling whiteness of it all, like something out of a science fiction movie. Click the link for more photos of this place. It is quite exhilarating to be meeting there.
Then at the weekend we had young visitors who really loved having a picnic on the balcony. They didn't actually want to have one in the garden, the balcony was far more exciting, apparently!
And we had an autumn walk through Regents Park. I loved Nadezda's post on the rose garden in Regent's Park recently (and if you like gardening, by the way, look at her blog here. I often think I'd love to see her garden in real life, she gives it so much love and skill).
I'm a big fan of the rose gardens but I am just as fond of some very Victorian-looking gardens in the southeast part of the park - they were designed originally around the 1860s and restored about 25 years ago. . They're usually planted out several times a year with striking colour schemes and combinations of plants.
I was entranced by this great shout of autumnal colour as a sort of defiant reminder that winter is coming.
And I spotted this cat television in someone's garden ...
