Koi fish of the Meditation Garden

There is a garden in the middle of the town of Encinitas in California that one of the local photographer has been talking about for several years and  that I should go and visit. Well I finally went to take a look. Wow, what a beautiful place and the main attraction of this peaceful  Meditation Garden belonging to the Self Realization Fellowship is the fantastic Koi ponds that contain the most beautiful large Koi fish I have seen.

 

Here are a few photos from my visit to the SRF's Mediation Garden. The garden was full of blooming plants. Here is a nice fuchsia that greeted us on the walkway.

At one of the lookout area, a southern view that overlooks all the local surf spots. That is the city of Solana Beach that we are seeing at the top of the photo. 

More beautiful flowers. A Lovely colored flower of a coral tree.

A beautiful and delicate looking Protea flower.

 

Koi that looked like it was made of gold and glowed like the sun. 

They all were very friendly and approached the visitors as to welcome everyone. 

There are 3 koi ponds that are all at a different level and the water is circulated from one to another keeping the koi ponds clean and healthy.

A beautiful pattern on this one. 

It's as though the fish was plugged into an electrical source and it glowed like a beautiful golden light. 

Coming close to say Hi... 

One visitor sat near the edge of the Koi pond and actually petted one on the head and talked affectionately to it as you would an old friend. 

Eventually they all took turns coming up and inspecting the visitors. 

So majestic and beautiful. There is no way to capture the color in a photo... you must see this for yourself!

As the Koi anticipated a feeding they got more active and created some surface turbulence.

Another close look.

The pattern of the water's surface was also beautiful to see. 

An amazing white /silver Koi passed by.

Oh... and this one had lots of color. 

 I should have worn my sunglasses!

A nice top look at the pattern on this white Koi with lots of orange. 

 

The gold one came by once more and it was time for me to say goodbye for today and head for home. 

Have a great weekend everyone.