Having featured numerous Christmas trees in my previous posts, I thought I should feature this festive decoration. At Battersea Power Station, there have been images of Christmas trees projected on to the chimneys and the walls of the columns that support them. A sight to behold.🎄🌟✨️ 📍London SW11

For three years in a row, this Christmas tree 🎄 in Athens has been my favourite. Those who follow me regularly know that I take lots of photos of Christmas decorations. This tree is still the one that pleases me immensely. Until next year. 📍Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, Greece 🇬🇷

On this day last year. 🌱🏵🌼

Christmas decorations on the front window of a famous Italian restaurant in St. James's. 🎄✨️

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An art installation using pieces of an iceberg. An unusual artistic presentation that was worth seeing back in December 2018 in the City of London. 🎨🎭🧊

When the mild weather tricks the Prunus trees into thinking that spring is here. Not that I am complaining. 🌱💮🌸 📍South Kensington, London SW7

The Christmas decorations at this florist are always a beautiful sight to see. 🌱🎄🎊 📍King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3

In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. Excerpts from Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare. 🌱🍂🍁 📍South Kensington, London SW7

It is almost the end of November. Everyone is asking where time has gone so fast. The passage of time is inevitable. I'll leave you with this bouquet of roses to think about time. 🌱🌹 📍Chelsea, London SW3

Struggling to balance demands at work and other things in life, including social media engagement. But one must plough (or, in my case, plod) on! Photo of Waterloo Place and Lower Regent Street taken from the Institute of Directors. 🎄🌟✨️ 📍Pall Mall and Waterloo Place, London SW1

Dreaming of spring, although winter is only about to start. The soft light, the subtle colours, the gentle beauty of the petals unfolding to reveal the rebirth of nature. Despite the longing for spring, I intend to enjoy the remaining days of autumn and the forthcoming winter. 🌱🌸🌺 📍London

Hello again BlueSky and BlueSky friends. It's been an extraordinarily busy week for me and I need to catch up on everyone's posts. Meanwhile, London is full of decorations for Christmas and this is a close up of one. The twelve days of Christmas. 🎄🌟🦢 📍Duke of York Square, London SW3

Going back in time to two years ago when this florist had an imaginative window display for the festive season. 🎄🌟✨️ 📍King's Road, London SW3

The decorations at the entrance to the Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York Square, Chelsea, London. 🌟🎄🌟

These Christmas decorations look tempting for the taste buds. Must get some ice cream soon. 🍧🍨🎄

Paris skies. The next trip awaits. 🌆

The sunshine in recent weeks has helped to enhance the colours of the leaves this year. They are a sight to see. 🌱🍁🍂 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Especially for you. With thanks for the likes for most of my posts here on Blue Sky. 🌱🏵🍁 📍Chelsea, London SW3

That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. Sonnet 73, William Shakespeare. 🌱🍁🍂 📍Chelsea, London SW3

The festive season lights have been switched on and I felt happy to see them again. It's like an old friend coming back into my life. Is that a crazy thing to feel? 😬✨️🌟👑🎄 📍King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3

A week-long digital detox involved a couple of evenings catching up with friends at this place. The Park Hyatt London is very different from what I had imagined it to be, in a good way. 🌱🏵🥂

One last flush of colour on display for the year. 🌱🍁🍂🌳✨️

More autumn colours from my walks around London. 🍂🍁🌱

Autumn leaves 🍂 🍁 🌱 This plant had leaves in various stages of changing colour, which caught my eye as I was walking past.

Chelsea after sundown. The decorations will soon become a tourist attraction. 🌟✨️🌟

The acer leaves are turning red. In previous years, they would be a brilliant shade of red around now. Let's hope that happens in the next few days. 🌱🍁🍂 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Happy Diwali to my friends around the world who are celebrating today. 🪔✨️ #Diwali 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Lighting up my surroundings. These Prunus species trees (there are two of them, one behind the other) grace us with pink flowers every spring. Every autumn, they give us these glowing colours. 🌱🌸🍂 📍South Kensington, London SW7

A flower decoration spotted during a recent visit to this landmark hotel in central London. 🌱🌸 📍Whitehall, London SW1

Changing colours, changing seasons. This is the giant mophead blue variety of hydrangea, now displaying different colours. 🌱🌸 📍South Kensington, London SW7

The beauty of autumn 🍂 or one last chance to impress before the cold weather sets in. It depends on an individual's point of view. 🌱🍁 📍Kensington Gardens, London

This famous spot will soon be full of social media influencers taking photos for their followers. Luckily there weren't any when I walked past recently, possibly because only the top section of the ivy has changed colour. 🌱🍂 📍Kynance Mews, London SW7

Dahlias to bring an end to another brilliant set of seasons of floral beauty. Despite the lack of rain these past few months, some flowers have bloomed spectacularly. 🌱🌸🏵 📍Fulham Road, London SW3

Some colour for you. Spotted outside a famous pub on the King's Road. 🌱🌸🏵 📍Chelsea, London SW3

An autumnal display at this florist in my neighbourhood. 🌱🍁🍂

Suitable colours for this time of year. 🌱🌸

Evening light on the branches of bare trees in Hyde Park, London. Photo taken on a winter's day a few years ago. 🌱🌳🌅

Paris at dusk. The magnificent L'Arc de Triomphe draws tourist crowds until late in the evening. It is always a pleasure to see this monument.

Going back in time to the beginning of spring 2025, which was heralded in by various varieties of camellias, including this beauty. 🌱🌺🌸

Remembering spring. It will come around again and is something to look forward to. 🌱🌸💮

Flashes of late summer and early autumn beauty. 🌱🌻🌸

A close-up of the floral display at Cartier during Chelsea In Bloom, September 2021. 🌱🌸🏵 📍Sloane Square, London SW1

Walking past this flower shop, I had to take a close-up photo of these dahlias. 🌱💮 📍Chelsea, London SW3

Late summer beauties. 🌱🌸 Photo taken in 2024. This year, despite the recent rain in London, the flowers haven't bloomed as before. 📍Chelsea, London SW3

Today I was planning to go for a walk around the garden of a neighbourhood palace. But thanks to inaccurate weather forecasts and the unpredictability of nature, I stayed home to shelter from the rain. Here's a picture from a previous walk around the Sunken Garden. 🌱💮 📍Kensington Palace, London

From construction site to green footpaths in a couple of years. The regeneration of the area around King's Cross and St. Pancras stations is incredible. 🌱

White Japanese anemone flowers basking in the late summer sunshine. 🌱💮 📍Kensington Gardens, London

The promise of spring and summer. 🌱🌸💮🏵 📍South Kensington, London SW7

Seeing white Agapanthus flowers (often called Lily of the Nile) in London reminds me of my adventures in East Africa and gardens full of these flowers in purple, lilac, shades of blue, and white, of course. 🌱🪻💮