Squeak, take a gander (heh heh) at these pix. Three kinds of exotic bird, and the photog didn't even seem to be a birdwatcher.

http://travel.webshots.com/album/549607460VJAudu

Bubbly, if you are forced to wear morning dress, just tell yourself that you are a spring male in breeding plumage. It's nature's way.

I bet the gardens will be just beautiful. I have a photo I took near Buckingham Palace of a beautiful plant covered with blue blossoms. It is growing happily in a window well and under a grate. It can't have received any care at all, but it's thriving.