Vanessa took me to Lake Shrine in Santa Monica on Thursday, which is a meditation garden and lake honoring every religion through spirituality and nature.
sign board
I snapped away with my camera cuz the grounds are just too beautiful not to try to capture it in some small way and take with me. Rest mouse over photos for captions.
row your troubles away at Lake Shrine
fuzzy plant...thing...
sitting dock peering thru trees
Altho ripples on the water catching gleams of sunlight were attractive enhancements, I couldn’t help but wonder what was causing all that bubbling in the middle of the lake. There were several spots like this. Natural springs, I hope?
swan and waterfall
One of many pretty pathways:
boathouse by path
This was a trip: Mahatma Ghandi is actually there. Well, a piece of him, anyway. They built this shrine around the aforementioned piece:
up close and personal with Ghandi
An across-the-lake view of the Ghandi shrine:
peering thru the bamboo
Visions of heaven on earth…
swan lake
presence of God
No kidding, eh?