Spring break this week took us to the California Academy of Sciences and the Japanese Tea Gardens both in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. It is such a pleasure living in the East Bay; we have access to such amazing and beautiful places. The day turned out to be beautiful and sunny, perfect picture taking weather.

These are a few images of things that captured my imagination. I get excited by naturally occurring patterns, and equally by the symmetry of man-made ones.  Thank you, Mother Nature, for blessing us with a delightful day.  I think I might need to take more spring-time strolls with the camera in tow.

Japanese Pagoda

Vines inside the Rainforest exhibit

Tortoise shell