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BobMielke
09-28-2008, 05:29 PM
It was a really beautiful day today in Oregon so I looked up directions to ride to the Portland Botanical Rose Gardens. It was only a short ride but proved to be well worth the trip. There's no cost to enter the gardens & wander around at your own pace. The gardens hold a huge variety of beautiful rose bushes loaded with dozens of varieties of very colorful roses. I brought both my DSLR & Point & Shoot for this shoot. There were grass paths between the rows of rose bushes so you cold literally walk right up & touch the roses. I had to persuade a few bugs to relcate before shooting the photos. I hope you enjoy them.

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womanridge
09-28-2008, 05:41 PM
beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
116318
09-30-2008, 10:52 PM
I wish I could have been there just to smell them, thanks for taking time to post
BobMielke
10-01-2008, 06:51 AM
Walking between the row after row of roses the smell was awesome.
DPeakMD
10-01-2008, 09:39 AM
Great photos!
127161
10-01-2008, 12:33 PM
Wonderful pictures, Bob. My wife and I visited the gardens back in the late '80s. Where's the obligatory "Mt. Hood in the distance" shot?

John B
BobMielke
10-01-2008, 09:43 PM
Wonderful pictures, Bob. My wife and I visited the gardens back in the late '80s. Where's the obligatory "Mt. Hood in the distance" shot?

John B

Will this do?

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127161
10-03-2008, 06:33 AM
OK, that's the one.

John