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Today I’m participating in Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post photo challenge. This week’s theme is Simplicity.
Yesterday was a beautiful winter day in San Diego. Not a cloud in the sky, slight breeze, unusually warm (75 degrees by the coast). Perfect for a visit at the San Diego Botanic Garden with my kids. You’d think January would offer few opportunities for taking photos of nature but I got to snap a few. I’ll share them in several posts and I thought I’d take the opportunity of displaying a few here, with this simplicity theme.
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A pond with some running water exemplifies simplicity to me. And simple is beautiful, like this sculpture at the lily pond by the entrance of the San Diego Botanic Garden.
There’s also a Bamboo pond in the Bamboo Garden, which is about three times as big as this one, but still very small and simple.
It has a basic waterfall set up, again, very simple. A trickle of water over rocks.
There may have been some animals underwater but we didn’t spot any. Instead we spotted a couple of mallards, or technically a mallard couple having a snack in the pond. I love the simple ripples in the water.
Finally we were lucky enough to see a green heron, checking out the water and looking for some potential lunch. Again, I love the simple reflection of the green heron in the water. Simplicity, what a beautiful theme!
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The ripples in the water add a nice feature to the picture with the ducks. Seems like that Botanic Garden is a nice peaceful place.
It is very peaceful, except when you walk around with a whiny kid. 😉 I’ve got to schedule some time to go there by myself in the spring, when a lot of flowers are blooming, to have some time to take more photos. There’s a nice waterfall there but most of my photos were blurry because I didn’t have a tripod. I’ll have to bring one next time, and I’ll try with the new camera I just ordered. I still might post a photo of the waterfall in an upcoming post.
Oh, yes, whiny children make everything so much more peaceful…
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How lovely! Love the dculpture and the heron.
Thank you! I had to look up that heron because I usually see the black crowned heron only.
Beautiful place Milka, Thanks for sharing my friend I love it 🙂
Thank you! I found lots of interesting opportunities for photos while there, most of them still sitting on my SD card…
Your reflections are stunning, Milka. Crystal clear!
Thank you! It helped there was absolutely no wind that day.
Fabulous shots Milka! Love the last one.
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed them! And thank you for stopping by!