Close-up of raindrops on a Madame A. Meilland “Peace” rose (© Mark Windom/Getty Images)

Wild Roses in a frame

Just playing around.

In A Portland Rose Garden

When I visited my friend, Darlene, in Portland, she took me to a beautiful garden called Peninsula Park Rose Garden. The roses were gorgeous. The entire park was fantastic.

...and another Rose After The Rain...

I just got home after 3 loooong days of workshops. I heard some great and inspirational speakers and learned of some new and inovative ideas for social services. I am newly enthusiastic but tired so at the risk of boring you with the same subject, I'm going to post one more rose and get to bed.

Rose After The Rain

I'm off to a Poverty Conference in Salem for 3 days. This is usually a good conference and I generally come back full of enthusiasm and ready to save the world. Tired after 3 days of workshops.. but enthusiastic non-the-less :)

OK.. the Mirror Reflection photo WAS flipped. I thought one of you would figure it out from the moss on the left side :)

Still at Shore Acres...

This plant fascinated me. The "fruit" looks like rose hips but they are HUGE... probably the size of a US quarter across. But if they are rose bushes there were no faded flowers left anywhere on the plant and it seemed like there should have been. Anyone know what this is?

Rose in Rain

A change of pace.

I went to the coast today and the weather was wonderfully cool! It even sprinkled a bit :) I went to Shore Acres Botanical Gardens and the flowers were beautiful.

I'm not sure how this came out with a black background but I like it. It came this way from the camera.

A Fun Surprise

I don't know how I manage it but I really do seem to be in the right place at the right time often when I'm taking pictures. But then again, maybe its that I'm out taking pictures so often I HAVE to be in the right place at the right time occasionally.

Anyway, the story here... I went to have lunch with my sisters and a cousin last Saturday and the photos I've been posting since then were taking during that trip to Myrtle Point, Oregon.

I got to town a little early so I drove around and decided to take a street named Ash that turned into a country road. I stopped along the road to take a picture of an old fence post with daisies and wild roses around it...



... and suddenly a head popped up from the tall grass in the area.



I was pleased and surprised to discover a curious horse staring at me.



He/she stared at me a long time allowing me to take lots of shots of the horses head in the daisy patch.

Look back at the first photo and you can see the horse hidden in the grass but I didn't discover that until I got home and downloaded the photos. Did you see him the first time?