Ripper. Love the pop to the flowers.

So he arrived before or after your SoCal trip? My recollection was that he was due before, but means no-one home to care for him or ... sorry, mind slightly frazzled from the 500km+ drive today. Any short listed names and how has he been received by the rest of the family?

I prefer the previous one for the more informed sense of scale and the impishness that I sense goes with it.

lol, how on earth? Is there a ladder out of frame? Adorable.

Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses ... hmmmm

OMG now I've seen everything lol. Flowering flamingoes ))

I remember this promenade, but not this "garden" with reflections.

Liking the high contrast and the sharpness; would prefer more shadow detail, but that's me

Some nice backlighting of foreground elements; the tall trees work well to tame the sky too.

Were these low output lamps? Looks like you got the exposure just right.