Mama Cormier

…. my journey to a healthy life, making new memories and so much more

New Flower (June 8, 2025) – Episcia Cupreata

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…at Kew Gardens

Saturday Sculptures from Kew Gardens

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…the Queen’s Beasts

At Kew Gardens there are a series of 10 sculptures that were created by James Woodford, OBE, RA in 1958.

According to the Kew Gardens website:

Each of these ten statues represent the heraldic badges of Queen Elizabeth II’s royal ancestors. They are Portland stone replicas of the plaster models that were placed outside the Westminster Abbey annex for the Queen’s coronation in 1953. — Read on www.kew.org/kew-gardens/visit-kew-gardens/trails/art-architecture-trail

New Flower (June 7, 2025) – Pink Hibiscus

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Mama Cormier

A Walk Through Camden Passage in Angel

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…closer to home

We didn’t want to go too far afield today because we had to pick up Sevin from school. After a good hearty breakfast at the flat we headed out to catch the #4 bus to Islington Green.

We stopped in Waterstones bookstore to look around and purchased a couple of paperbacks. After that we were desperate for a coffee and we stopped at the same coffee kiosk that we went to the last time we were here. Once we were satisfactorily caffeinated we continued our journey down Camden Passage.

We stopped in a great cheese store and purchased some yummy cheeses made in Britain. One of the cheeses, the cheddar to be exact came from a dairy in Devon. The cheese monger told us that he had been to that dairy and he claimed that the owner knew her cheese as well as she knew her cows. She has a herd of over 100 cows and she has named each one.

Before heading home to pick up Sevin we stopped at Cass Art to pick up more sketchbooks and watercolour paper. All in all a very enjoyable afternoon.

New Flower (June 6, 2025) – Golden Shrimp Flower

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…or yellow lollipop flower

The Collection at the Royal Academy

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Mama Cormier

…a gem in Piccadilly Circus

After seeing the Victor Hugo show we made our way to the first floor to check out the main permanent collection. We were blown away when we rounded the corner and came across two giant murals on opposite sides of the room.

One was a replica of the Last Supper.

I had no idea that the original painted by Leonardo da Vinci had deteriorated very quickly and many of the features seen in the replica are no longer visible on the original. Several of da Vinci’s students painted the replica roughly 20 years after the original was completed.