12th February 2009
Last night, it was pretty cold!.... and to show how "pretty" cold it was, I took some photos of my car. The frost was so hard I had to use warm water to clear it, but not before I recorded the amazing patterns the frost makes.
After making sure all the glass was clear, we set off for the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at Wisley, about 45 miles from Portsmouth, towards London. Just off the junction of the A3 and the M25 London orbital road.
The reason for the trip, was to see the butterflies, they had "imported" into the glasshouse, for the benefit of visitors, from 6 months to ??? years ! !... We arrived about 11:30 and the carpark was full to bursting !...
It was still very cold, but the sun was shining, and the day looked good. After a fairly long walk from the entrance, we arrived at the glasshouse, which was opened in 2007 by H.M.Queen Elizabeth II. Once inside, we soon started to warm up, and moving round, we entered the "tropical zone"... this is a section inside the main glass house, that is kept at a very high humidity and temperature, by forcing steam into the atmosphere....
The humidity, and the temperature change caused condensation on the camera lens, and also my glasses !.. It took a good twenty minutes just waiting for them both to warm up and stop "fogging" before I could take any pictures !
So, todays pictures start off with the frosty car, and finish up with some "inside" shots of the butterflies.... oh, yes, there was a very friendly robin in there too !....
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