Pictspam - mostly nature

[ffutures]

I spent the afternoon with my sister and various nieces, grand-nephews, etc. I took quite a few family photos, which I won't be posting here, while I was downloading them I realised that it was a while since I've posted any of the other pictures I've taken. The ones below are mostly nature pictures, things I've seen out and about. I've reduced them in size to save bandwidth:



A fountain in the Italian Gardens in Kensington Gardens - the water behind is the Long Water, which leads to the Serpentine.



A cute squirrel I saw the same day, drinking from a puddle



Some swans I saw on the canal near Portobello Road yesterday







A fungus growing on a tree near Paddington Green







Some frogs in my sister's pond this afternoon









Now with added ducklings!



Duck family I saw near the canal last weekend

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That is a very handsome fountain - but I am most impressed with the frog pictures, I have to admit!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The Italian Garden has several other fountains, but that one seems to have the most character, somehow,

There were seven or eight frogs in the pond, I think there are four visible in the last picture. Given the pond is only 5ft or so in its longest dimension it's pretty easy to get close to them.

[ggreig]

Pffft! Disappointed. Nary a Pict to be seen.

(I'm impressed by the pics though. :-)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Woad you believe that? You're right!

[eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com]

The fungus is amazing!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I'm no expert on fungi, I think it's some sort of bracket fungus.