A stream with waterfalls. These are variations on the photo with my Apple Iphone 14 Pro Max. I'm using Flickr to see which one Flickrites like the best. :)

www.niwa.org/
The mission of the Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego (JFG) is to develop a traditional Japanese garden as a center to educate, engage, and inspire people of diverse backgrounds about Japanese culture and community legacy.

JFG is an accredited museum that offers a variety of educational programs, exhibits, and cultural festivals to enhance appreciation and understanding of Japanese culture. Over 330,000 visitors from the United States and internationally attend the garden annually. JFG opened to the public in 1991 and is an expression of friendship between San Diego and its sister city, Yokohama. The garden is inspired from centuries-old Japanese design and techniques that showcase JFG’s living exhibition comprised of plants and florae native to Japan and San Diego. The second phase opened in 1999 and was designed by renowned landscape architect Takeo Uesugi, which included the addition of the Exhibit Hall, Activity Center, and Upper Koi Pond. The third phase, completed in 2015, incorporated a 200 cherry tree grove, large azalea and camellia garden, a water feature reminiscent of the San Diego watershed, and the state of the art Inamori Pavilion. Today, JFG resides on 12 acres and fosters a relationship between humans and nature, providing a respite attuned to Japanese simplicity, serenity, and aestheticism.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Friendship_Garden_(Balboa_Park)
The Japanese Friendship Garden, also known as Sankei-en ( 三渓園 ) is a twelve-acre Japanese garden located within Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It is an expression of friendship between San Diego and its Japanese sister city Yokohama that binds the two cultures to create a unique experience for visitors from all over the world; over 240,000 people from across the United States and the world visit the garden annually. Representing a new concept in the development of a Japanese garden outside Japan, the Japanese Friendship Garden is designed to present an atmosphere of elegant simplicity (shibui) and quiet beauty. The garden's naturalistic design is guided by the original principles/techniques of the Japanese garden while incorporating elements of the regional San Diego landscape and climate; in terms of features, the garden is well-known for its unique placement, sukiya-style buildings, koi ponds, and landscape exhibits. The Japanese Friendship Garden also hosts many local educational programs, activities, festivals, and horticultural classes that focus on the relationship between nature and Japanese culture.[1]
The Japanese Friendship Garden was built and continues to be maintained under the philosophy that, "a garden is always in a state of change but the basic elements of trees, shrubs, rocks and water designed in natural balance create a peaceful, harmonious, and transcendental environment conducive to contemplation and meditation."[2]

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This one is my favorite. My third video - I kept it short like the commercials on Youtube :) Straight out of the iphone. I don't know how to edit yet. I was not conscious of the background sounds - sorry. Please mute the sound so you don't hear Top talking about transport details.

It might have been smart to shoot a still of this just to have it. So much to learn.

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My second video - I kept it short like the commercials on Youtube :) Straight out of the iphone. I don't know how to edit yet. I was not conscious of the background sounds - sorry.

It might have been smart to shoot a still of this just to have it. So much to learn. I might try to shoot a still of this on Monday.

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My very first video - I kept it short like the commercials on Youtube :) Straight out of the iphone. I don't know how to edit yet. I was not conscious of the background sounds - sorry.

It might have been smart to shoot a still of this just to have it. So much to learn. I might try to shoot a still of this on Monday.

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Had the Courtside seats for a Phoenix Suns San Antonio Spurs game. Lots of fun with a special seat and a special feel. My wife won't let me take a camera. These are from my iPhone. Suns won 120-91

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