Monday 7 September 2015

Animals and flowers...

So as promised, or threatened, whichever your viewpoint, I have a whole host of animal pictures from our great trip to London Zoo last week.
The weather wasn't as good as we hoped, but it was good enough.
We started round the reptile room


and round to Gorilla kingdom, where this big boy ambled towards us, 


and we saw smaller breeds of monkeys in their groups, relaxing, grooming, running and jumping.


We went to see the Tiger, but he was fast asleep with his back to us, so went on to the Llamas and Alpacas who were adorable


These Giants were amazing slowly making their way to their greens


BEWARE if sqeamish!! We were brave, very brave. We were in the Bugs section, which coincided with the Spider talk, and a man came out with quite a frisky tarantular on his hand, to give details and answer questions. But then we ventured into 'the' room, where the spiders are loose, just hanging about on their webs, dangling from the ceiling! I cant say it was a pleasant experience, quite frankly we just clung on to each other, where the young amused guide stated "dont worry they dont move"!


A much more pleasant experience was the Butterfly pavilion. Where amongst the greenery and flowers flitted flashes of bright colours, they were fascinating to watch


Then it was off to Penguin beach to watch their fun and frolics, in and out of the water


One of the best experiences was being surrounded by Squirrel monkeys. We went into the enclosure, and walked round the pathways, seeing all the ropes up high, but seeing no signs of life. But as we got to the end we stood still and then heard the bushes rustle, then spotted a couple of tiny faces peering through, and before we knew it the place came to life. Tiny bodies leaping around us, around the bushes, up in the trees and adeptly across the ropes. They were adorable, and we didn't want to stop watching!


Meercats are always a favourite with their cute little inquisitive faces


Another great experience was to be in with the Lemurs. Alongside this black and white fluffball were a group of ring-tailed lemurs with their infamous long black and white tails hanging below the branches. They love the sun, and they'd sit in the sunniest spots, head up, leaning back and basking.


The last section we went round was Into Africa.


Before leaving, we checked back in with Mr Tiger. He was still fast asleep, but had moved to a ledge where he was in full view. And he did eventually open his eyes and sleepily look around!


I would thoroughly recommend a trip there. I went many many years ago, when animals just had small little cages. Now its great that so many areas are walk through, to be at such close encounters with the creatures.
We were exhausted after a full day of walking round, and it started to rain, so rather than face the rush hour, we opted to stop at a little Italian cafe in Camden for dinner


On the crafting front, I have been working on my latest flowers


Starting with a whole rainbow of circular centres


Before starting to add the petals


Each flower has a beginning, middle, and ends...


A whole bunch of flowers just waiting to be joined


And yes, I have finally figured how to do an all in one join. It took a lot of doing, undoing and redoing. And even after I figured out how to do it, I managed to make a mistake, and I'm back to the beginning. Now I have drawn myself a very simplistic graph, so hopefully I'll be all set.













6 comments:

  1. Great photos as ever, glsd you both had a marvellous time, long time ago since I wnet and seems like there are mnay changes. Dad xxx

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  2. I'm going to dream of spiders tonight! love the crochet balloons - it would make a cute card if there were any spare after you finish your flower project!

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  3. Ooo..That "balloon" bit is so cute! :-D

    BTW, you can get me at auntieshan@hotmail.com

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  4. Not been to London Zoo since the 60's but don;t doubt much better than it used to be. Not so keen on that huge spider though, lol.

    Those flowers are so pretty and delicate

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  5. Love those flowers! They look gorgeous. Great zoo pics. My youngest loves visiting our local Melbourne Zoo and luckily my best friend works there so she has taken him to have a few hand on experiences with the giant tortoise, some amazing reptiles and with the Australian Fairy penguins (his favourite animal). Great photos!

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  6. I haven't been to the zoo in ages, but I love your pictures. I like your little flowers too.

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