You know you’re a Peter Pan fan when you go
trekking all the
way across Kensington Garden, in the humidity of a summer heat wave, to
find
the statue J.M. Barrie had erected in one hidden, tree encircled corner
of the
park. For the first time since arriving in London, it rained last night.
Because they were still calling for rain this morning, our professor
decided to
cancel our morning tour of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. We still
visited the
Kensington Palace, home of Queen Victoria, and had high tea at the
Orangery,
but the Peter Pan statue and Diana memorial fountain were cut from
today's program. So, I
and Liz walked clear across the park to get pictures of the statue. And
it was
completely worth it. Barrie had this statue made and placed in the area
of the
park where he and the Llewelyn Davies children used to play that games
that inspired Peter Pan. The statue was a surprise gift and memento to
their time together. I’ve already visited the Mecca for librarians, the
Mecca for Doctor Who fans,
and this is essentially the Mecca for Peter Pan fans, since there are
not a lot of
touristy sights connected to Barrie.
In addition, our photography focus for today was
water. I
was originally going to use this picture of a quilt with fake raindrops
from
the castle museum, as a sort of joke water example, but then I saw the
opportunity for this terrific, melancholy picture of a swan. It’s looks
particularly sad, floating all along out there, surrounded by the water,
demonstrating what a terrific mood enhancer water can make. I thought
it particularly beautiful. And then, an even pleasanter surprise! We saw
a baby
swan with mom or dad (not sure which). It was so fluffy and cute,
despite being
quite large already, that I couldn’t resist snapping a picture. Such a
rare
treasure. I am so glad we walked out that way.
You know you’re a Peter Pan fan when you go
trekking all the
way across Kensington Garden, in the humidity of a summer heat wave, to
find
the statue J.M. Barrie had erected in one hidden, tree encircled corner
of the
park. For the first time since arriving in London, it rained last night.
Because they were still calling for rain this morning, our professor
decided to
cancel our morning tour of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. We still
visited the
Kensington Palace, home of Queen Victoria, and had high tea at the
Orangery,
but the Peter Pan statue and Diana memorial fountain were cut from
today's program. So, I
and Liz walked clear across the park to get pictures of the statue. And
it was
completely worth it. Barrie had this statue made and placed in the area
of the
park where he and the Llewelyn Davies children used to play that games
that inspired Peter Pan. The statue was a surprise gift and memento to
their time together. I’ve already visited the Mecca for librarians, the
Mecca for Doctor Who fans,
and this is essentially the Mecca for Peter Pan fans, since there are
not a lot of
touristy sights connected to Barrie.
In addition, our photography focus for today was
water. I
was originally going to use this picture of a quilt with fake raindrops
from
the castle museum, as a sort of joke water example, but then I saw the
opportunity for this terrific, melancholy picture of a swan. It’s looks
particularly sad, floating all along out there, surrounded by the water,
demonstrating what a terrific mood enhancer water can make. I thought
it particularly beautiful. And then, an even pleasanter surprise! We saw
a baby
swan with mom or dad (not sure which). It was so fluffy and cute,
despite being
quite large already, that I couldn’t resist snapping a picture. Such a
rare
treasure. I am so glad we walked out that way.
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