All right, technically the lily pads themselves are rather back there in the distance, but I haven’t a clue what the lovely little yellow water-growing flowers are, so lily pads it is. I bet I have a whole series’ worth of near-focus flower images like this, now that I think about it…
These lovely little creatures are basically giant South American guinea pigs, although they look more like rabbits crossed with antelope. Dublin Zoo and Fota Island, where this was taken, has quite a few of them, and at Fota they’re totally free-range. They’re very very shy and charming, and I spent a lot of time at Fota sneaking up on them to take pictures. More pictures than might be strictly necessary, really. I have a lot of mara pics. :)
A bit more of a distance shot from yesterday’s in your face owl. I’ve no idea what the big fuss was that morning, but there was a lot of hissing and clicking and ferocity going on!
In your face, Monday.
Okay, so it’s all Liffey pictures this week, pretty much, but it was such a lovely evening and I liked several of the photos, so. :)