Midweek colour

Seen on the tube:

• a tall, willowy young woman with bleached-white hair cut in a thick fringe, carrying an enormous pink leopard-print bag
• a man in open-toed sandals, trying not to sneeze
• 3 men with brown, soft-leather messenger bags
• a young woman with bright purple tights and 3 inch heels poking out from under her black burqa
• a man wearing a beautifully cut brown suit

Seen (and smelt) at Kew Gardens:

• pink roses
• red roses
• peachy roses
• yellow roses
• big blowsy roses
• white roses
• and a small selection of aphids and ladybirds - because nobody's perfect, not even the roses at Kew Gardens.