After the frazzled excitement of the Cricket World Cup Final yesterday…
…a day of quiet contemplation, gardens and art seemed to be in order.
So we went to Kew Gardens. It’s ages since we’ve been and Janie was especially keen to see the new Dale Chihuly exhibits.
Just the sight of one of them made Janie’s hair stand on end…
If we both look a bit “straight off the tennis court” in the pictures, that’s because we did go to Kew straight after playing some tennis. We had a quick bite in the pavilion on arrival before wandering on to the Temperate House.
After the Temperate House, which has several stunning Chihuly pieces, we then went to the Marianne North Gallery to see her fine works.
Then on to the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, where many of the regular Dale Chihuly’s can be found and where we bought Janie books on both Chihuly and Marianne North.
Then around the gardens some more to take in the new, scattered Chihuly works and the beautiful gardens.
Then home for some stretching and meditation with Lexi.
Did all this calm us down 24 hours after that tense cricket match? A bit…not completely. But it was a super day out.
We took loads of pictures – click here or below to see all of them:
