My big birthday

Well, this year I reached a little milestone, and was somewhat uncertain about how I'd feel about that. And I must confess I was somewhat up and down about it. It's seems to be a time to take stock of your life and think about where you are heading. But hey-ho, time waits for no man (nor woman!) so after an emotional start, I had a lovely surprise in that my two sisters had flown over to help me celebrate my birthday. And what a brilliant surprise that was! It was alas a short visit, but we decided to head up to London for a fun day out! Came home with an unexpected permanent memento on my shoulder from my trip with my very naughty sisters :o)

Me and my sister Tania

Lunch at Camden Lock with my two sisters, Tania and Lea

Time to do something different, being eaten by fish!

Although I am not generally happy about 'using' animals for human entertainment, I had a good chat with the owner to ensure they are kept in good conditions, and they certainly all looked in good health.

We wandered around the market, and discovered that this shop had just THE most fantastic clothes! Could have come home with one of everything!

Liked the key display

Unusual building decorations

We then headed off to the London Eye, to have a look over the city!

Not sure who that man was??? But he was happy to pose in the photo, cheeky chap!

Marvelous view over the Thames

Houses of Parliament

View over the city

When we got home from London, a family party awaited, complete with roasted chicken, salad and 'proper' chips, followed by a slice of Danish lagkage AND a beautiful birthday cake, lucky me!

My beautiful bee birthday cake!

Happy birthday to me!

I also had a lovely surprise birthday party organised by my husband later in June, with all my dear friends, happy times!  :o)

 Here's to the next many years! 

 

Going posh

On Friday Steve and I went to the capital to do some 'advising' on bees and planting in a certain posh area in Central London. In the sort of area where 2 bedroomed apartments sell for £6 million pounds!

One of the gardens we visited to bee inspect!

 After our meeting we headed off in search of lunch.

Pimlico Road: land of men in suits and ladies in pearls with sun glasses on their heads

And this is what we came across, Daylesford - a very lovely organic deli and eatery

Lots of shops with pricey price tags

Inside Daylesford, yummy deli

Great salads

Lots of nice things....

Love the elegant buildings

And all the famous connections

And the cabs heading down Kings Road, the fashionable shopping strasse

There was an exhibition/show about cycling...in Denmark! Can't  seem to get away from my Danish roots, even when I am off to London, lol!  But seriously, the Danes take cycling to a totally different level, and it's actually pleasant to cycle over there; I believe even the crown prince cycles to work.

The reason we sauntered down Kings Road was because I was keen to visit Anthropologie, but we couldn't help having a little giggle about the name of the shop pictured below ;o)

We finally reached Anthropologie and it wasn't disappointing. GOSH what a fab place, imaginatively created and full of fun and colour!

See those blue bowls on the top shelf there, well, a couple of them came home with us....just accidentally, you know

This was truly a pretty shop, and if you ever happen to find yourself in Kings Road, do pop your head in

After a pumpkin spiced latte, we headed home, having had a rather capital day!