#skygardens

[mariolopezgoicoechea]

The view from the #SkyGarden #WalkieTalkie. #Cuban #Immigrant #Londoner https://www.austinmacauley.com/book/cuban-immigrant-and-londoner #London #Londres #Londinense #cycling #cyclinglife #bicyclelife #bicycles #visitbritain #visitengland #visitlondon #streetphotography #urbanlandscape #photography #VSCO (at The Sky Garden 20 Fenchurch Street London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGATn6sCMB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kevlo75]

Sky Garden is London’s highest public garden – a vibrant social space with 360-degree views of the city’s iconic skyline. Here, you can experience London from a spectacular viewpoint. Enjoy lush greenery, exquisitely landscaped gardens, observation decks, and an open-air terrace. Access to the Sky Garden is free of charge, but spaces are limited. Visits must be booked in advance through this site, and can be made up to three weeks in advance.  #skygarden #london (à Sky Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp1zV3fo5Y5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[eevonhon]

View from the Walkie-Talkie \\ Again, felt so blessed to be able to experience this! It's my phone's wallpaper 😍 • • • #throwback #evtravels #skygarden #thewalkietalkie #thefenchurchbuilding #20fenchurchstreet #london #visitengland #chuk22 #bbctravel #england #uk #unitedkingdom #vsco #lightroom #GalaxyS21Ultra #thetravelintern #travelgram #architecture #evgoestouk #withgalaxy #snow #snowday (at Sky Garden, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coz-ojdhJ3w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[visionindiarealty]

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[douglasena]

SKY Garden 🇬🇧 #skygarden #europe #uk #london #new #city #tourism #portuguese #feel #2023 #vacation #londonlife #bigcity (em Sky Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnuqDEHtNsg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kittysquire]

Adonis finds Narukami in the skygarden after the show… ☔️

Have the first parts of my little Tanabata comic.. These take suprizingly long to render, so thanks in advance for your patience! 🫶✨

[philcoulsonismyhero]

A thing I've been thinking about a lot as I've been obsessively re-listening to the Rivers of London books on a loop and putting colour coded bookmarks into my paperbacks (in short, being Extremely Autistic about the series) is just how interesting it would be to explore what it would be like to be an autistic wizard in that 'verse.

Like, take vestigia. It's a whole extra category of sensory impressions on top of everything else that you're picking up on, and you only get more sensitive to it the longer you train for. Peter wonders at one point if Nightingale isn't just straight up listening to the magic of the city in order to find out about cases, and even if he isn't doing that he's still got to be picking up on a Huge amount of sense impressions from the magic around him. Would an autistic practitioner be even more sensitive to vestigia? Just how much of a sensory overload trigger would it be, given that it's not a true smell/sound/whatever? Do really skilled practitioners like Nightingale ever get overloaded by just how much they can sense? Would an autistic wizard have to train themselves to shut out their sense of vestigia so they didn't get overwhelmed?

And then there's how you learn magic in the first place, which is a lot of repetition, doing the same thing over and over again until you produce an effect, and then continuing to repeat it until the effect becomes consistent. And you build spells by learning more and more formae, memorising them in the process. Which sounds to me like Such an autism-friendly way of learning to do anything, I fucking love repetition and memorising huge amounts of information.

Also, it's pointed out a bunch of times that Nightingale has almost scary levels of focus. In Broken Homes he spends ages watching CCTV footage, and then a full half hour just staring at the dog batteries at Skygarden. And it's pretty obvious that his level of obsessive focus is what's made him such a powerful wizard, since he's willing to put in the hours of practice, so autistic obsessiveness would be useful too.

(Sidenote, but I'm not sure if I actually think Nightingale is a character I'd read as autistic. He's definitely got a bunch of traits in the right direction, like the single-minded focus, the scary levels of concentration, the things he's very particular about and the way he can miss Peter's sarcasm sometimes, but in his case I think it's more just his personality and training and age, plus all the trauma. But I do think it would be a fun possibility/what-if to explore.)

And when it just comes down to it, I don't think I've ever encountered a magic system that appeals more to the specific way that my brain works than the RoL one, it seems like it would be So fun to learn. Even, tbh especially, the Latin and all the other studying that's also involved. So it does rather entertain me that I've gotten really autistic over a book series that has such an autism-friendly magic system, it feels Good and Correct.

Although. Ben Aaronovitch. My guy. Give me a list of all the formae and how they work, I am Begging you. I've never wanted an in-universe textbook tie-in book as much as I do for this series and Eventually I'm going to get my hands on the TTRPG book and obsess over every little detail of how they've interpreted the magic for that.

[larakb117]

London Adventure

Joseph Quinn & female y/n

Summary: Joseph and you have your second date at the Skygarden in London after what happened the night before…

Warnings: 18+ , slow burn and fluffy, it gets spicy soon!!

Part 4

Was that really your first kiss? Your first real date ended with your first kiss like this? The train arrived. You got in and immediately watched out for a seat. It was hard to stand, your legs were shaking. You caught yourself subtly licking over your lips. It tasted different than usual, like a mix of the burrito you had and the drink you ordered a few hours ago, except the fact that you weren´t the one who drank that drink. What did that kiss mean? He wanted to see you again. Tomorrow. Thursday, he said he would be busy on Thursday, now he wanted to see you again. The day after he kissed you. And just left. What the hell was going on. Your head felt kind of dizzy. A headache started to creep in. It was full with so many different thoughts, that you almost missed your station. When you got home all you were able to do was getting in your pj´s, remove your makeup and brush your teeth. The moment your head hit the pillow you fell asleep.

The next morning you woke up, got ready and went to work. Jen was already there and welcomed you in the room of your kids group with wide eyes. “OH MY GOD! Tell me everything about yesterday!!” You were totally confused and suddenly remembered what happened yesterday. “Oh Jen. I don´t know what is going on.” Jen chuckled: “What?” “It was amazing. I´ll see him again tonight”, you did not seem really content. That´s why Jen asked you: “So what is wrong, you don´t seem happy about it.” “I´m just confused…” There were no kids in the room yet, so you both took a seat on the sofa. “Okay, tell me more, y/n.” You took a deep breath: “We met at the hippodrome. He was late but he already apologized before over text message. It was a technical issue, with the train rails. We decided to go to seven dials market, the whole way he had my hand in his hand.” Jen gasped and grabbed your hand. “He did NOT! He´s touchy, uuuuuuh.” You both laughed. “Well, he is, always touching a hand, or my arm or my back when walking.” “Love that.” was Jens reaction. She started to focus again and looked at you with a lot of expectation. You continued: “We ate at seven dials market, we talked a lot. Then we…” Jen interrupted you: “What did you talk about?” “Everything!” Right now, you were just reliving everything before the confusing kiss. It was not like you didn´t like your date with him, it was your first freaking kiss, you weren´t even able to enjoy it, because you were too surprised. “We really talked about everything. Work, what kind of food we like, what we like to do in our free time, about his education, about my life in Germany…just everything.” “What is he doing for a living?”, Jen asked. “Ehm, he´s an actor.” “Really, what kind of acting?” You tried to keep this short: “BBC, theatre, Netflix. Then we-“ Jen was too curious about the acting thing: “What´s his name?” “Joseph Quinn.” Again, she gasped, this time she grabbed you by your shoulder: “No FUCKING way, y/n! You had a date with Joseph chocolate button eyes Quinn?!?” You giggled in confusion: “How do you know about the chocolate button eyes?” “He said that at a convention some years ago! I can´t believe you really went on a date with Joseph Quinn!!” she squeaked a little. “Well, he told me that his mother used to call him like that.” “Yes, I know, that’s what he said at the con, it was a video on tiktok! Oh my god, Joseph Quinn. He´s really a touchy guy” “Alright, this feels kind of weird now.”, you said to Jen: “What do you mean?” “Oh, there are a lot of videos on the internet, where he´s holding hands with fans, or rubbing their backs and everything.” Wow, that hit you like a car. Now it didn´t feel really special to you, the way he walked with you hand in hand, the sneaky little touches you got, when you sat for dinner. Your heart felt heavy, in a bad way. “Go on.” Jen interrupted your thoughts. “That´s it. I had to leave because of work, and we´ll meet tonight.” You didn´t know why, but you did not want to share the kiss with Jen. “Sounds promising!” Jen smiled at you, you tried to smile back. The first kid arrived so you had to get to work.

Shortly before lunch break, you actually considered to cancel your date with Joe tonight. You were overwhelmed and felt kind of sad about the things Jen told you. You took a seat at the resting room and got your phone out of your handbag, pretty sure to cancel right now. Maybe you could tell him you feel sick or whatever. Your heart skipped a beat, when you saw that you had got two messages from Joe. The first one was: “hi love, how are you?” The thing about the pet names was so British. Also, the second message had a pet name in it. “Love, can we change location tonight? 6 pm at Monument station?” Your heart felt lighter again. He really wanted to meet you. He seemed to put a lot of effort in it. Your previous thoughts flew away and all you could do was to reply: “I´m great, see you later at Monument station”.

At home after work you had to change for the evening. This time you wanted to dress up without Jens help. You chose a mid-length beige dress and some heels, Monument station was basically in the financial district of London, so it definitely would be something more chic tonight than fast food at seven dials market. At 5:30 you left for the date, at 5:55 you left the circle line at Monument station. Outside you briskly spotted Joe, he wore a pinstriped shirt and brown trousers. He looked so handsome. You were nervous about the first time seeing him today, the last time you saw him yesterday, he walked around a corner after he kissed you surprisingly. What would he do now? Hug you, kiss you again? You did not know a lot about dating, you weren´t experienced at all. Once Joe recognized you, he started to smile from ear to ear. Either he was a brilliant actor or he was really, really excited to see you. He came in your direction and hugged you. Hi love”, he did whisper in your ear, while tightening the hug a little bit. Then he looked at you: “Wow, you look gorgeous again!” You immediately felt the heat in your face, you did not wear a lot of make up today, because of the lack of time (you got home from work a little later than usual), he was able to see you blushing for sure. “Thank you, I like your shirt.” That was everything you got out of your mouth. “Thanks love.” Even though it was a normal British thing, the pet names made you feel things. “Should we go?”, Joe asked. “Yes, where do we go?” you asked curiously. “That’s a surprise!” he mysteriously moved his hands, right before he grabbed your left hand and walked with you. The financial district was one of the places you did not spend a lot of time. But every time you were here, you enjoyed it. Joe walked you down Eastcheap and turned left for Philpot. 20 Fenchurch Street, also known as the walkie-talkie was right in front of you. Joe went up the stairs, and led you in there. “Wait, we´ll eat at sky garden?” you asked. Joe nodded and saw that you were genuinely excited about that.

You both got in to the lift and went up to the highest floor. You never were at sky garden before, but it was definitely on your things to do in London list. In the lift it was only you and Joe. He turned to you and started to speak: “I´m sorry about yesterday. The kiss. I just left you like a fucking coward.” “Oh.” You did not know what else to say. “I´m sorry, if it was too early for you, I´m sorry that I left you there.” He was really sorry, you could feel it. To reassure him you took his hand and slightly squeezed it. “It´s okay.” You did not know if it was really okay for you, but you did not want him to feel bad about it. And then you felt the inner urge to say something really flirty: “Maybe you can make up for that.” You were surprised by yourself. He smirked a little and you left the lift. A waiter accompanied you to your table. Sky Garden looked amazing, all the plants and flowers looked stunning. You studied the menu the waiter had given you and decided to get the stuffed gnocchi. The prizes were way out of your normal budget, but you worry about that later. Joe looked up from the cocktail menu: “Do you mind if I get something alcoholic?” “No, of course not.” “Well, it´s not obvious. You never know what the opposite person may go through, so I always check, if it´s okay.”, he responded. “That´s really thoughtful.”, your heart melted. “You take a cocktail too? I think I get the Mile end.” “Oh, I just decided what to get to eat, did not even look at the cocktail menu yet.” Joe chuckled: “Priorities well set!” “Yes!”, you joined him chuckling. After a few minutes of considering which cocktail to get, you finally chose the Lancaster Gate. Joe already waited for a moment, when you looked up from the menu, he called the waiter. He ordered the rosemary sourdough as a starter and for the main course the British wagyu beef rump. You didn´t have to wait long for your drinks. Joe wanted to toast with you: “Cheers to the French house, such an inviting place in London that luckily you went in when I was there.” You blushed again: “Cheers.” Your food arrived also very quickly. It was probably the best thing you´ve ever ate. Joe enjoyed his beef rump pretty obviously. When he took the first bite, he closed his eyes and moaned softly with his full mouth. “How are your gnocchis?”, he curiously asked and glanced at them. “You wanna try?” “If you don´t mind.” You poked one of the gnocchi pieces with your fork and hold it in front of his mouth. He wrapped his lips around the fork and ate the piece. That was kind of hot.

After the main course Joe ordered a dessert and invited you to share it with him. You could definitely tell he was a foodie. Just like yesterday, you talked about a lot of different topics, there wasn´t one moment when you both had nothing to talk about and just said nothing to each other. The so-called “Fenchurch chocolate bar” stood between you two, you weren´t able to eat a lot more, but Joe polished off the rest of the dessert. “I am really sorry about the kiss.”, Joe said all of a sudden. He looked at you with his brown eyes. “It´s okay.”, you tried to reassure him again. “No, it´s not. I can´t believe I just walked away.” “Well, I was pretty overwhelmed in that moment. I did not know what to do anyway.”, you chuckled a little, but more fake than real. At once the whole situation got uncomfortable. You wished you could tell him about you state of virginity on almost every level, but how would you get this topic into the conversation? Especially with a grown up 30-year-old man, who probably had sex for over ten years now, and even “had it” on screen. While you had your first kiss yesterday, he might have had his first one 15 years ago. He repeated himself: “I´m sorry.” Joe definitely could tell that you weren´t sure if it was really okay. You nervously laughed and didn´t know why, but you blurted out: “Haha, you were my first kiss!” You were shocked, that was probably the epitome of cringe. Joe looked at you with a shock in his face. But you could not tell if it was the fact or the way you just had told him. “Wow, I ruined your first kiss.” There was no judgement in his voice, he sounded just really worried. “Nooo, you did not ruin it, you just…surprised me!” “I just left you there, at an underground station.” “Well, yes you did, but I really wanted to kiss you.” You took his hand, which laid on the table. “Did you want to kiss me?”, you carefully asked. “I wanted it so bad!”, he grunted. Your heart skipped a beat, you felt a huge warmness building up in your stomach. “Why did you leave then?” “I don’t know… I was so nervous…You make me so nervous… I don´t know what is going on actually.” You chuckled a bit in relief: “Same.” Joe glanced at you and his eyes started to sparkle. His other hand got up on the table and took both of yours in his hands. You both smiled at each other. “I can´t believe that I have the honour to be someones first kiss and then I screw up like this.” “I told you earlier: Maybe you can make it up at some point.” Joe smirked.

You finished the dinner at sky garden, Joe paid the whole ridiculous amount of money and left the restaurant hand in hand. In the lift Joe asked you: “You wanna come with me?” “Where?” you asked him. “To my home. It is not even 8:30. I don´t want to leave you already. I can make great martinis by the way.” “Oh, you are an actor and a bartender as well?”, you said to him in a flirty way. “So you join me?” “Yes.” You looked him deep in the eyes. And then you kissed him. His lips felt warm, your hands immediately moved up to his head and got caught in his curls. Joe pulled you closer, his hands were around your waist. They started to rub up and down there. You deepened the kiss a little more, you opened your mouth slightly, so Joe could have more access with his tongue. You did not know what you were doing, but everything just felt so natural. Joe chuckled a little bit, the moment your lips got separated. “I think we have to get off the lift.”

To be continued…

[oliveryuchan]

Sky Garden in London, 2024, acrylic on canvas paper, 508x405mm, available

#skygarden #london #walkietalkie #20fenchurchstreet #nature #plants #view #touristattraction #oliveryuchanart

[ember-atelier]

Skymill Tower - Tinder Colony.

Skymill Tower was the first experimental vertical farm to be constructed in Tinder Colony, where traditional farms were unsuitable due to the limited land area, dense population and hilly terrain. Each of the farm's 14 working levels are served throughout by a hydroponic system which provides water and nutrients for the plants, while powerful lamps encourage productive crop yields.

Although small, the farm was a success and several larger structures were constructed throughout the colony such as the Viranant livestock tower and the circular Tinder Skygarden, which at the time of its construction, was the largest vertical farm in the World.

[holocene-sims]

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july 11, 2021 11:00 a.m. skygarden cafe

[gachasl]

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Do not forget about the Sales:

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New Groupgift & also New Group Lucky Letters!

Plantpets, Kittycats also a lot on Sale!

Have a great weekend and enjoy <3

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[kait-konnick]

Woah! Today was a loaded day! First we went to a lovely cafe by our hotel room, I had the best latte of my life! Next we gathered a good group and got on the tube. We got off in Liverpool station and I was very surprised to see the station looked so different to some of the other ones! The station was modern. It was remodeled and had a lot of shops, and had a free water refill!

Next we went thrifting! It was nice to see the difference in the clothes that are offered here as compared to the US. I found a re-threathed nike sweater! Then we went to the Skygarden, which was an amazing experience. I loved being able to see London from so high up. Then we caught dinner with my friend Sanja. We finished the night watching the football game between Germany and Scotland! Congratulations Germany!

#fscj #studyabroad

@danielcronrath

[adoracora-elizabeth]

But Papa! Why? Chapter 14

I hope this chapter is not too complicated and that it makes sense

After Robert made sure Cora ate something for lunch, he sent her to bed. She had a fever and needed her rest. They could not do anything at the moment, he needed to figure out why her mother wanted Cora to come home. He had a feeling that his mother had a hand in this.

He called Rosamund. “Have you secured the house?” He asked when she picked up.

“I have, it is yours. I did the transaction anonymously.” She answered

“That is smart, thank you.”

“What time are you coming to the office, it is easier to talk in person,” Rosamund asked.

“I am still at Cora’s place, I am not coming to the office today. I cannot leave her alone now.”

“Alright, we will discuss this over the phone. I think I know what happened and why Mama called Mrs. Levinson.”

Robert almost choked on the sip of water he just took. “Wait, what did you say? Did mama call Mrs Levinson? Why?”

“She has not kept her eyes in her pocket and she has seen how you look at Cora. She also saw the result of her work and she is a threat.”

“A threat? What do you mean by that?” Robert was flabbergasted by Rosamund’s words.

Rosamund let out a deep sigh. “Oke, let me start at the beginning. I found out why we have this collaboration between the two companies. Mrs. Levinson, I will call her by her first name from now on, Martha. Wanted her daughter Cora to marry into a title here in England. She believes that with a title comes an estate and a lot of respect from other people. She did not know that being a Lord in these times was not the same as back in 1920. Cora must have told her mother about our title and Downton being like it is now.”

“So, I can understand why Martha wanted Cora to come here, but why did Papa go into business with them, what were we, as a company, getting from her coming here?” Robert stood and started pacing around.

“Mama is the brain behind that plan. She had found out that whoever Cora married, will get her dowery. There is a large amount attached to her name and with that money, we would be able to rebuild Downton in its full glory.”

“Wait, just wait, there is one thing I do not understand. Why Cora? Mama does not like Cora. She is against her American heritage.”

“I guess that money makes her forget about those things?” Rosamund laughed.

“You also said, Cora is a threat. What did you mean by that?” He looked into the hallway, the door to Cora’s bedroom was still closed. He could only hope she was still asleep.

“It is a bit harder to explain. But in the end, it comes to this. You are a Mama’s boy.”

Robert started to protest, but Rosamund continued. “You are, you cannot deny that. You always listen to what Mama wants and then make sure it happens. But now Cora showed up, and you started to follow her ideas. For the outside world, you made it look like, you were against that idea with SkyGarden. But we all could see that you liked it. Mama tried to get this idea out of your head, but she failed. And then Cora proved that it worked, it worked out better than we could have dreamed of. We gained so many new potential clients in just the one day the advert is out.”

“We did?” Robert asked surprised.

Rosamund sighed annoyed. “Since when do you not read your emails on a workday?”

“I took the day off to take care of Cora, so no I have not read any emails today.”

“I thought Cora had a cold? Why do you need to take care of her?”

“Her cold turned into a head cold and she also developed a fever. She is a mess at the moment, especially with these developments. Her flight would have been booked, if she was not this sick.” Robert answered. “But I still do not understand why you say Cora is a threat?”

“With Cora at our office, Mama is losing her control over you. You will stand up for Cora’s ideas and less and less for Mama’s ideas.”

“Mama has to accept that there are other people with good ideas.”

“At the moment that is the least of our worries. We need to stop Mama and Martha. They managed to get this deal going, but they will also be capable of stopping everything again. What I have learned in these couple of months, is that Papa and Mr. Levinson are very much alike and they listen to their wives.”

“I have to think about what we can do. But one thing is very clear, Cora is not leaving. I like her too much and I need to know if there is more than a friendship.”

Rosamund chuckled. “You can focus on courting Cora, I will try and safe what I can.”

“I am not courting Cora. She is sick and needs someone to take care of her.”

“What ever you say my dear brother. What ever you say.”

Robert stared out over the river, what a disaster this had turned into. He was glad to finally understand why everything happened. It felt like he walked into a very bad movie, with a terrible plot. How could Violet and Martha do this? They used Cora, both of them did. He was curious to know what his mother told Martha to convince her to call Cora back home.

+++

Robert poured hot water in a big mug, put a tea bag and some honey in it and walked to Cora’s bedroom. There was no sound coming through the door, which meant she was still sleeping. As quietly as possible he opened the door and walked to where he saw her small figure under the covers.

While he put the mug down, he took the tea bag out. He stroked a curl out of Cora’s face. She was still feverish he felt. He hoped her fever had gone down after a couple of hours of sleep. But she had caught it badly. Not sure what to do, he sat down on the mattress. She had slept for a couple of hours now and if she slept longer, maybe she would not be able to sleep tonight. Was he going to wake her up?

He did not have to make that decision because Cora stirred. She blinked a couple of times and then she fully opened her eyes.

“You are still here?” Her voice cracked.

Robert helped Cora to put her pillow behind her back, while she sat up. Her hand went directly to the handkerchief that was lying next to her to blow her nose.

“I am going to make you dinner. I will put enough spices in, to get your stuffy nose to open up.”

Cora laughed. “Thank you for still being here. You did not have to do that.”

Robert took Cora’s free hand. “I am not going anywhere as long as you are feeling like this.”

Cora pulled her hand back and lowered her eyes. “I knew you were only here because you are feeling sorry for me.”

“You misunderstood.” Robert put his hand under Cora’s chin to make her look up. “There is only one reason why I am still here.” He bent forward and kissed her forehead. “And that reason is, that I like you very, very much.”

[visionindiarealty]

Making some forever kinda Memories

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[frenchcurious]

Publicité Flos ''Suspension Skygarden de Marcel Wanders'' - IDEAT avril-mai 2014. - source Frenchcurious.