I spent most of Saturday and a good portion of Sunday morning planting my garden. No fussing about with flowers for me. This one is all about the veggies. Thus, dear readers, you’ve been deprived of new posts, new pictures, and of course the updates I had planned noting that (a) Saturday was Sparkle’s third birthday, (b) Sunday was the one year anniversary of our previous European jet-setting adventure, and (c) Sunday was also the last mothers day for a while that I’ll be able to get off with just a phone call. (Though Christou, in a very familiar predicament, pronounced it much better than I.)

Thus, in a moment of weakness, the gallery highlights continue:

Album The Ninth

I’m sure this would have been a bigger album had we gone to either the zoo or the aquarium. But as it was London was zoo-ish enough, not even counting the critters underfoot and scampering about the green spaces of the city.

The above image links to London in Fauna and Critters, and it may answer such questions as: How many of Sparkle’s distant cousins are living in the UK? Where might you wish to avoid if you are ornithophobic? And, why (in a room full of “tame” butterflies) is it still tough to get a nice hymenoptera shot?

Album The Tenth

What? You ask. Someone put buildings inside a city? No. Yes, strange as it may sound, London is plum-full of all sorts of nifty structures that are simply yearning to be photographed. London, meet my camera. Of course, the numerous bits of architecture tended to show up in the majority of my photos, but the following highlights the significant sights.

The above image links to London in Structures and Storeys, and it may answer such questions as: How many times can a pair of lost tourists visit Piccadilly Circus in one week? Is that terracotta, or just smoke and mirrors? And, why is that egg-shaped building seeming to be falling over?

Album The Eleventh

I did promise, after all. And thus I deliver. I believe my exact words were: “For those waiting for pictures I’ve already decided that there is going to be at least one gallery devoted to ‘Weird British Signage’ — because why explain a simple concept with a small pictograph when you can apologetically justify a trivial rule or inconvenience in forty words or less. But you’ll still need to wait until we’re home.”

The above image links to London in Signs and Symbols, and it may answer such questions as: Which way should you look when stepping out into traffic? What should you do if you accidentally bring too much corn with you to the UK? And, how many people needed to actually fall into that pit before they put up multiple warning signs?