Amazing Plants

Amazing Plants display at Charnwood Museum, another of our favourite haunts. The cafe's good as well.

The museum is in Queen's Park in Loughborough.

Long winter shadows from the sun. It was reasonably warm for January.

Late 19th century botanical models, models used to teach structure of plants in universites around the world.

Flower pressings

Ferns to decorate ceramics, flowers everywhere.

Medicines, we wouldn't have these without plants.

Asprin Tablets made from the leaves of Willows and pill making equipment.

Tabacco and smoking.

April in our World

I'm rather late in showing you this, but never the less, this is a round up of April

Queens Park and Charnwood Museum

We have been here before and see it at various times of the year. Its always a nice place to visit, much like an old friend.

We've been before of course, looking much prettier now.

During the summer these trees provide a needed place to sit in the shade with a picnic.

Hope you liked that trip around the park.

Queen's Park, Loughborough

We had a bit of a shopping trip last weekend, combined with a park and cafe, of course.

This park is within the town centre which suits us fine.

Queen's Park opened to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1899 to promote an healthy town.

It makes us happy to walk around, if that counts.

The Bandstand with opened in 1902. The building you can see behind the band stand is the Carillon which was started in 1902.

We sat inside, away from the open door for dinner. Abit cold in January for eating outdoors.

It looks as if a few people thought the same as well.

These an aviary in the park.

Hope you like those.