{"id":14591,"date":"2013-07-13T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T18:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=14591"},"modified":"2013-08-16T16:25:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T00:25:02","slug":"lily-pond-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/07\/13\/lily-pond-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Lily Pond Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After my Early Hours morning at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegozoo.org\/zoo\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Zoo<\/a>, and before heading over to see the newly opened &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdnhm.org\/exhibitions\/current-exhibitions\/mammoths-and-mastodons-titans-of-the-ice-age\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mammoths and Mastodons<\/a>&#8221; at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdnhm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Natural History Museum<\/a>, I spent some time meandering around and photographing the Lily Pond in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balboapark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Balboa Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Balboa-Park-Lily-Pond-07-13-13-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[14591]\"><img data-attachment-id=\"14592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/07\/13\/lily-pond-reflections\/balboa-park-lily-pond-07-13-13-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Balboa-Park-Lily-Pond-07-13-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1373709364&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;31&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Balboa Park Lily Pond 07-13-13 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Balboa-Park-Lily-Pond-07-13-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=580%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Balboa-Park-Lily-Pond-07-13-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14592\" alt=\"Balboa Park Lily Pond 07-13-13 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Balboa-Park-Lily-Pond-07-13-13-lo-res-580x386.jpg?resize=570%2C379\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Balboa-Park-Lily-Pond-07-13-13-lo-res.jpg?resize=580%2C386&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Balboa-Park-Lily-Pond-07-13-13-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my Early Hours morning at the San Diego Zoo, and before heading over to see the newly opened &#8220;Mammoths and Mastodons&#8221; at the Natural History Museum, I spent some time meandering around and photographing the Lily Pond in Balboa Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3Nl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12005,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/14\/back-to-the-orchids\/","url_meta":{"origin":14591,"position":0},"title":"Back To The Orchids","date":"March 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Made a return visit to the Botanical Building at Balboa Park in downtown San Diego, this time with my mom and my sister. Since my mom loves flowers, I mainly wanted her to see all of the amazingly colorful species of orchids that were blooming, but I think my sister\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11678,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/22\/botanical-bonanza\/","url_meta":{"origin":14591,"position":1},"title":"Botanical Bonanza","date":"February 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"My day was supposed to start with a couple of hours spent taking pictures at the Model Railroad Museum in Balboa Park. Found out when I got there that they opened an hour later than I expected. So I decided to mosey across the El Prado, passed the Lily Pond,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11716,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/24\/i-need-some-air-and-i-need-my-space\/","url_meta":{"origin":14591,"position":2},"title":"I Need Some Air And I Need My Space","date":"February 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The morning started off with a quick walk through most of Balboa Park, beginning at the Natural History Museum and continuing down the El Prado pedestrian walkway, passing the Botanical Building and Lily Pond, skirting the Plaza de Panama with its fountain and bronze statue of El Cid, passing the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2551,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/15\/dance-group-in-balboa-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":14591,"position":3},"title":"Dance Group In Balboa Park","date":"October 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Stopped by Bill and Beata's dance group at the Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Balboa Park&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Dance01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8772,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/20\/walking-balboa-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":14591,"position":4},"title":"Walking Balboa Park","date":"September 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Had an hour between the Natural History Museum closing and the Wyatt Earp presentation this evening so I walked around Balboa Park taking pictures at the Museum of Man, the Alcazar Gardens and the \"Laguna de las Flores\" in front of the Botanical Building. 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