It's not easy being green

But green's the color of Spring.

Pictures from Regents Park and the enormous Richmond Park
(and also my room)

My Humble Abode.  Items to note: 1) Swiss ball for back ailments--doubles as
desk chair.  2) Duvet that very conveniently matches the sheets I brought from
home 3) a small pharmacy in my cubbies 4) the cool desk built into the window nook. 

One of many many self-portraits in attempt to send a picture of myself to the history department
for the website.  Only a few of them turned out any good.  I don't know the name of this section
of the garden, but it is pretty much the weed garden (even though I know that weeds are a social category).

This is the problem with having transition lenses...This was a cool path through the
Royal Weed Garden, oh, pardon me, the "herbaceous border."

Beautiful wisteria covered bridge in the Oriental Garden in Regent's Park

More Oriental Garden.

Weeping Willow by the pond, though badly in need of a trim on the opposite side
to avoid the horrible bad luck you get if you let your willow branches touch the ground.  

Some sort of cypress knees.  I've never seen cypress knees
unsubmerged in a coastal swamp before.  

Mama Duck with six ducklings (two of which she is sitting on).

Beautiful dark blue tree/shrubs.  I looked them up and I think that it is a
Californian lilac, though it is unlike most of the lilacs I've encountered before. 

Peephole into another Royal Weed Garden, this one in
Richmond Park.  

Lots of lovely grassy woods in Richmond Park.  You might be tempted to roll around
in these gentle blades, but you would find yourself with lots of nettle stings.
Ask me how I know.  

View from atop Richmond Hill.