Taken at the Lion Park on Sunday.

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The magic that can be found between the pages of a book…

We took the boys to the Lion Park just outside Johannesburg yesterday for the afternoon.   The kids had a ball because the park isn’t very big (which drives me mad because I don’t feel there’s enough space for the big cats in the 4 lion camps) so they got to see quite a lot of animals in the grasslands even though it was such a hot day; and because they got to pet the cubs, as well as see other cats that you don’t normally see in the Parks (they were in enclosures).

The cubs that the boys are petting are only 3 and a half months old.  Lance is holding onto Connor because they ask that kids under 4 are carried at all times.  The little cubs are quite strong even though they’re so young, and the one took a liking to Bradley and kept pushing into him.

My boys and the lion cub

I’m watching you

Bradley was quite disappointed that he didn’t get to feed the giraffes this time.  They just weren’t interested, and stood with their backs to the people waiting to feed them. LOL!  Maybe next time, they’ll feel like entertaining the kids again.

The last photos were taken in one of the lion camps (we visited all 4 camps).  The lions had just been fed and were all lying under the trees trying to get out of the hot sun. You can see there’s still spots of blood on this young white lion’s face from his grub.

Young White Lion

Daddy and Mommy Lion

Lionesses in the shade

In Control

Fish out of water

Hugging dad

He loves swimming

Just his eyes

Splash

This little piggy

Quiet spot

After the flowers

Beautiful purples

In September 2008, I took a photo like the one below, but I wasn’t happy with the clarity of Elaine’s hands in the shot, so I didn’t submit it to camera club (which was the intention).

I took the shot again this week, and this time, I’ve converted into Black and White.  I think it works this time, what do you think?