this year the JCDL conference was held in Portland, Oregon and while i never heard anything interesting about the place before, it was really nice and scenic too - 3 of us spent a few hours doing some sight-seeing on one of the days
red roses for all those girls who have adversely aggravated my animosity over the years
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random people walking through the Internationl Rose Test Garden
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Marcos and Rodrigo, a fellow Brazilian who we met at the conference
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long walkways through the 9000 rose varieties
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a yellow rose ... supposedly the sign of friendhip ... guess that girl who sent me that postcard yesterday knew this :) (yes, i really got one - not kidding!)
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overview of even more roses ... have to say that they look good close up and in small quantities but this was too much
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Marcos and i at the edge of the garden, where the trees open up to reveal the city below
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strange-looking tree at the entrance to the Japanese Gardens
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Zen Garden ... i almost bought a miniature version of this at the airport since its supposed to relieve stress :)
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the postcard pic (except i took this) - view of the city beyond the mountains taken from the Japanese Gardens
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the big room thingie with the really small kites that i forgot to take pictures of
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winding steps ... with the warning that ure not supposed to use them if it rains ... hmmm
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ponds all over the place - this one had little insects skimming the surface - hence the ripples
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... and fish too in some places ...
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a gate of some sort to separate one of the 5 gardens from another
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weird looking pagoda ... how did this get in here
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the bridge that led to the tea-house ... i was sooo excited ... though we could watch a "tea ceremony" like in karate kid
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the view from the tea-house ... doesn't it remind you of gummi bears ?
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alas, no tea ceremony for me :(
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walkways over yet another pond ... i was actually trying to get a picture of the cute girl but she turned away :)
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big fish ... i mean BIG fish ... each of these could easily feed a family
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and the waterfalls ... the big finale ... actually, we almost missed it because we didn't know it was here :)
