Friday Night Photos Japanese Garden Edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 5:00pm

Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.

On Tuesday the camera club I belong to went to the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park. The garden is beautifully landscaped and well maintained and is a great place to get away from the daily grind and enjoy some quiet moments relaxing in a picturesque setting.

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Submitted by wouldsman on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 7:14pm

Wow! That park looks lovely. What city is it in?

Whenever I travel I try get to any Japanese garden or arboretum that I can. Albuqurque, San Jose, San Fran, and many more. (Butchart might be my favorite).
Right here in Minneapolis, out at Normandale Community College there is a very nice Japanese Garden. I got a tour one day, this one was designed by a famous Japanese garden architect. The guide pointed out all of these amazing little details that one would not notice otherwise. While this garden is not so extensive, it tends to be immaculately kept. Unlike the San Jose one, it has tremendous features but has fallen into poor condition.
Your Balboa park garden appears well built and immaculate.
Thanks for sharing.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 8:16pm

Hi, wouldsman

@wouldsman
Balboa park is in San Diego. The Japanese garden represents the bond between San Diego and our sister city, Yokohama, Japan. I have family in the bay area. Next time I'm up that way I'll have to check out the gardens in SF and SJ.

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 8:28pm

Hi pixelators

Hi all, Hey SP! Hope all are doing well!

Awesome photos SP! Those Japanese Gardens are works of art, things of real beauty. There is a big craze there to do the same type of landscape, as an aquascape IN the aquarium. Look up Japanese aquarium aquascaping and the stuff they do is crazy. Sand waterfalls under water IN their tanks! Artists. Those gardens usually have some nice Koi too.

Used to be a great Japanese Garden at Brackenridge Pk. in San Antonio, was next to the stadium where the Dodgers farm club played. Called Sunken Garden, was built IN an old quarry, so tons of relief and great! Don't know if it is still there.

Couple days ago I saw this half-inch or so moth on a Mealy Sage flower.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 9:34pm

Hi, dystopian

@dystopian
I've never seen a moth that color before. What type is it?
I checked out aquarium aquascaping. There's some really cool aquariums out there.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 8:54am

moth ID

@Socialprogressive Hi SP! I have no idea what species the moth is. Just that it is 'pretty' and 'pink', which I would guess is not the name, Pretty Pink Moth. I score it pretty high on the pink though. Would not be surprised to find that there is an entire plate of pink moths that are similar. There are 1100 sps. of moths just known from the Edwards Plateau of central Texas. The old saying was, if you want to discover something new to science, study moths or beetles. Probably something common, I am moth-challenged, other than recognizing a few big pretty ones.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 10:07am

Pretty Pink Moth

@dystopian
may not be the official name, but it works for me.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 9:06pm

Great photos of a great place sp. Thanks.

nice music too.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 9:42pm

Thanks, EL

@enhydra lutris
I hope things are starting to dry out up your way. It's been a long wet winter all up and down the state. We had a little rain again yesterday.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 9:18pm

It is going to be a while before I get my desert pics

ready to load, but I did get a few pics from Socialprogressive's neck of the woods ready. They are all of an Osprey nest (with young in it). It is at Lake Murray which should be about 10 miles from sp.

These are very playful osprey, as evidenced by the fact that they keep a jump rope handy.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 9:57pm

Nice shots of the Ospreys, EL

@enhydra lutris
I'm even closer to Lake Murry. I'm only 10 minutes away.
That looks like a new nest platform. There's been one on a power pole on the north side of the lake along the golf course for 20+ years.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:00am

nice Fish Hawk

@enhydra lutris great Osprey pics EL! Whaddabird! The primary victim of Bald Eagle piracy. Is there any deeper meaning or connotation to America having a pirate as a national symbol? Besides, 'how'd they know?'

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Submitted by Linda Wood on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 10:05pm

The Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon

is the most beautiful one I've seen. I'll try to post some pictures, but there are websites that show photos of it in each of the seasons. I love your pictures of Balboa Park.

Submitted by Linda Wood on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 10:20pm

Portland

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/59/72/5c/59725ccfd639b7c70f7b3189af0eed1c...

I can't find a photographer's name, but I saw the photo at pinterest and at:

https://echodesmattes.blogspot.com/2018/09/japanese-garden-portland-oreg...

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 10:22pm

Excellent shot, Linda

@Linda Wood
What a beautiful looking garden. Thanks for sharing.

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Submitted by QMS on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 12:03am

Wow, that looks almost surreal

@Linda Wood

nice colors too
this you won't find in a koi pond

thanks for hosting social
great theme!

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:47am

That's one badass looking shark, QMS

@QMS
They're just as frightening from the bottom as the are from the top.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 2:06am

Thank you Linda

@Linda Wood

I took a couple virtual tours of the gardens, and what a treat it was.

Submitted by Linda Wood on Mon, 04/17/2023 - 2:16pm

janis, thank you

@janis b

for these videos. Like so many things of Japanese origin, there is an excellence of peace, while never taking it too seriously. Respect, artistry, skill, and humor.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 1:56am

Evening Social

What a pleasure you enjoyed, and shared with us. Japanese gardens are so serene and visually pleasing in their design and aesthetic.

I also enjoyed the music very much.

I have been enjoying a sort of Japanese Ikebana look lately ...

Enjoy the weekend and be well all.

Submitted by dystopian on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:03am

That's a 5 star photo Janis

@janis b Hi Janis! Beautiful photo! Fantastic lighting and composition! Outstanding and awesome. Wonderful.

Hope all is well!

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:37pm

Thank you dystopian

@dystopian

I love it too. It made me think about hanging it on a wall in a corner of my living area, and making it a place to slowly sip tea and quieten down. I know I can use it ; ).

All is well here. I hope it's the same for you too.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:54am

Hi, Janis

@janis b
I like it. The Ikebana look works well with the Taro leaves.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:41pm

I agree Social

@Socialprogressive

The young Taro leaves opening from their elegant stem makes a beautiful arrangement all by itself.

Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:02am

What a great theme, Sp. The Japanese have

their negative aspects as members of humanity; but their gardens prove they get beauty, peace, and tranquility. Always a pleasure to visit this thread.
Can't wait to see more of the Osprey photos and janis' "paintings." Rec'd!!

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 10:36am

Hi, orlbucfan

@orlbucfan
I got to visit Japan a few times in the 70s. It's a beautiful country, but the people didn't like Americans all that much. Of course after dropping two nukes on them who could blame them.
Has the seaweed invasion reached the beaches in FLA yet?

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Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 12:18pm

I would not like ugly Americans either

@Socialprogressive @Socialprogressive after having two of my cities and people blown to smithereens! In fact, I resent the fact that all of us born after 1945 have had to deal with the possibility of a full blown nuclear war. I'm getting to be an oldie moldie so not as angry as I used to be. Lifelong peacenik though. Nope, no seaweed ocean reported yet. However, plenty of rain and flooding in areas of the Sandbar Peninsula though my area has been spared. Glad to hear CA has been getting much needed rain and snow. You take care.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 04/15/2023 - 9:42pm

Thank you obf

@orlbucfan

Yeah, we humans are a paradox ; ).

Submitted by orlbucfan on Sun, 04/16/2023 - 7:18am

True dat!

@janis b

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