Portland Rose Gardens

August 28, 2005 – 10:42 am

Codi and I went to the Portland Rose Gardens again yesterday. It was gorgeous there! The roses were huge and some of the bushes were over 7 feet tall!

Some of the roses are single-colored, but this one was very vibrant with colors.

Inside a rose…

Of course, there were lots of bees, but they were minding their own business and never bothered us.

These roses remind me a little of lily pads.

Here we are on the steps of the ampitheater at the Rose Gardens…

Here’s me attacking Codi with a kiss…

I realized that I’ve never seen a photo of the back side of a rose. I think this one looks pretty cool.

Reminds me of an elephant’s ears…

Here we are again…

Codi took some black & white photos as well. I like these two…

I changed the settings on the camera to produce high contrast, high saturation images - sort of like LOMO photography. I like the effect, though it could have been a bit more dramatic.

We ended our day with a dinner at the new Zao Noodle Bar. Awesome asian foods!

I spotted this roof at Bridgeport. I like the shapes and colors. Nothing boring at Bridgeport!

These colors caught my attention, too. I like the symmetry of this building.