Koi Koi

A trip to the Japanese Friendship Garden is not complete without a visit with the koi...and how cute is this little girl drawing them?

Under the Sea (Sort of)

 When friends visit--and a good friend DID just visit, yay--we often like to go to the Birch Aquarium.

"Hello," says this ultra-weird (and, let's face it) creepy eel.

 Dr. Seuss much?

 Otherworldly.

 I'd love some fabric that looks like this.

 Um...really?

 Under the sea or outer space?

 Yellow lips!

 Disney fish?

 Pretty colors!

 Drama queen!

 Show off.

 "May I help you?"

 Dr. Seuss much Part Deux.

The end.

Koi Koi Koi

 I can't stop taking pictures of koi...they are so weird/beautiful/strange/lovely...

A Day at the Park

 The koi are in a frenzy because they were being fed...pretty little piggies!

Guess where I was...Japan! No, alas, not really...

 I was with a friend last week at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park. Parts of the garden really do make one feel as if you're in a garden somewhere in Tokyo or Kyoto. Lovely!  My friend and I went to see the garden and an exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art entitled "Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland." A really fun and interesting exhibition that includes paintings, prints, photos, and objects--including this fellow, who apparently used to be atop the fantastically named Spook-a-Rama ride.