Japanese Tea Garden

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014

The Maltese Falcon?

Well, no. This IS San Francisco and the home of the Maltese Falcon, but not this time.

We went to the Japanese Tea Garden to soak up a bit of Zen. Instead, the main pond had been drained for maintenance. Bummer. Still, we decided to walk around it to see what might be blooming. Then we found this:

This is not the same bird that we saw across the street at the Arboretum. I meant to take only a couple of pics, but it turned into a regular photo shoot. The birdie was working it for the camera.

From the tree, the hawk dove down to catch a crawdad

After eating, the hawk flew over to sit on a lantern and modeled for us

I think I took about 90 pics. These were the best. I’m still in awe.

Here’s a vid that Lastech took with his new phone. The sound is awful, but I’m too impatient to edit it out for now, so hit the mute button. 🙂 We’ll get better at this. We just need practice.

November 21, 2012November 21, 2012

Wednesday Zen

This morning we headed off to Golden Gate Park for some peace and quiet. Our first stop was the Japanese Tea Garden. It was beautiful after the rains.

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September 25, 2012October 28, 2013

Moody Tuesday: silver skies and grey waters

Counting down to Halloween on this gloomy Tuesday morning, let’s stroll through Autumn, Ray Bradbury’s country.

I hope you’ll enjoy these photos as I do, taken between the beaches of San Francisco, Golden Gate Park and the Shoreline at Mountain View, CA.

“That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain.”

― Ray Bradbury, The October Country

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May 12, 2011October 18, 2013

The Japanese Tea Garden Revisited

The other day we went back to the Japanese Tea Garden. Since it was a weekday, it wasn’t too busy. I managed snap a few pics. Being springtime, the garden was lovely and green. The trees that were still bare on our last trip have leafed out.

Here are a few of our pictures. I hope you enjoy them.

January 20, 2011August 12, 2013

The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: Part 3

This is part three. Parts one and two can be fund here.

One morning we woke up to rain. It’s the rainy season in San Francisco. It wasn’t a heavy rain, but it was enough. We had wanted to get out and walk and so we debated. We suddenly realized that we had not been to the Japanese Tea Garden In Golden Gate Park for quite a while and that the rain would keep the crowds down.

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January 13, 2011August 12, 2013

The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park: Part 2

This is part two. Part one can be found here.

One morning we woke up to rain. It’s the rainy season in San Francisco. It wasn’t a heavy rain, but it was enough. We had wanted to get out and walk and so we debated. We suddenly realized that we had not been to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park for quite a while and that the rain would keep the crowds down.

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January 6, 2011August 12, 2013

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