It was a beautiful day in London today for Bank Holiday Sunday (though tomorrow's forecast is not so ideal... Never mind!). In an appropriately leisurely fashion, I therefore took the time to smell the roses in Hyde Park. To get there, I hopped on my trusty bicycle. As I was looking up my route from Islington before I headed off, I was saying the instructions out loud to help them stick in my head. And as I did so, I was struck how much it sounded like something from a children's book about London...
"Along the Strand and through Trafalgar Square...
... up The Mall (through Admiralty Arch)...
... then right at Buckingham Palace..."
I love how a commute through London can be so iconic and take in such sites and more without even trying!
Although it was a perfect day to be outside, I spent a few hours in the V&A before getting to Hyde Park. It's been quite some time since I was last there and I've been looking for an opportunity to get there for the past few weeks. It didn't seem like a waste to be inside a museum, especially after my lovely cycle (it's so much more relaxed cycling on a weekend then during weekday rush hour!).
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| Some of the contemporary display in the silver gallery at the V&A |
But after a couple of hours, the sunshine was calling me, so I headed back out and to Hyde Park. I was enticed into the rose gardens there, where I stopped to stroll, admire and inhale... and to take some pictures.
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| Pink roses for my pink outfit! |
Hope that you've all had a lovely weekend, and that those in the UK who get a bonus day off tomorrow have a good one.
Sounds like a perfect day, you look lovely amongst all the flowers! xx
ReplyDeleteIt was a perfect day, rather! And thanks very much - it was lovely to be amongst all the flowers!
DeleteI always love your shots about the city, so beautiful! And my goodness, the gardens are so spectacular, what a beautiful time of year. Your outfit is adorable, polka dots are always a hit with me and I love the detail on the collar of your blouse, so feminine!
ReplyDeleteThank you - I'm glad you enjoy my photos so much. And thanks for your comment on my outfit - it's the first time I've mixed that skirt and blouse (and the beads) but I always like to try out new things when I go to the V&A as it feels appropriate to be experimenting with clothes when going to a design museum!
DeleteLovely post, Miss Marie. Perfect final photo of Rotten Row (oh please, why that name? I thought the plaque was going to tell me!) with your bike (pretty close to a horse, these days). Pretty photos of you and the garden. Great perspective on Marble Arch and combination of Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery WITH a double decker bus : ) You know, I started to try finding what childhood rhyme or story you were referring to! My mind began "They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace…" I definitely think you need to write a rhyme or story using these directions. Please?!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! I had the same expectation when I saw the Rotten Row sign but I had to go home and look it up - apparently it's a corruption of Route du Roi, or King's Road. And your comment on the bike being the equivalent of a horse reminds me of a time when I was in a group of four people - two males, two females - going somewhere. The chaps had their bikes so they rode, while the other lady and I caught a cab - I commented that it was like the men on their trusty steeds and the women in the carriage! And to be honest, it doesn't take much waiting around to get a red bus going past the National Gallery... but it may take more time for me to write a rhyme!
DeleteOoh! Is that a fairy above you in the first photo of you in the garden? I won't say Tinkerbell because I'm not sure about her. But do please tell me it was a faerie, one of the wee folk!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was just a sparkle and shimmer of sunshine, but perhaps it was a faerie after all?
DeleteMy dear, you are such a beautiful woman. I think you have the kind of smile that dwarfs the sun's wattage. What a fun, sweet, stylish polka dot skirt. I love the elegance that is added to those famous wee dots when pleats enter the equation, as they do with your skirt. What a glorious garden and setting for a photo shoot. The lengthy winter here has meant that, unlike usual, our roses haven't bloomed here yet. It's wonderful to see them out in full force on your end already.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your comment on yesterday's post, very much, thank you. It is a serious shame that a company so rooted in the past doesn't cut their ladies suits accordingly. Knowing the high prices they fetched, I've never looked into buying one myself and doubt I will now, as I certainly need one tailored for all of my womanly curves. I much prefer your idea of purchasing some fabric and having a bespoke one made to measure. Perhaps for my 40th as well (great idea, BTW).
♥ Jessica
Thanks for your truly lovely comment. And I think you put your finger on it with the polka dots and pleats combining to make a great mix of fun and elegance - I hadn't picked that up myself but you're absolutely right. And I hope your roses arrive in full force soon there x
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