We put in the pond about 3 years ago and since then we have had many visitors including Dragonflies, Frogs and bathing birds. This is one of several water lily's that have bloomed on the pond thus far. Here is one of the visitors we had this morning.
I like the 1st picture of the lily, but I would have preferred to see it, with the whole flower in focus. The centre and back are in focus and my eyes keep trying to get over the blurry part. The color of this lily is quite beautiful.