International Rose Test Garden
In the hills just west of downtown Portland, in Washington Park, sits the beautiful sights and aromas of the International Rose Test Garden. There you will find thousands of different rose bushes and vines. It’s deservedly one of Portland’s premier tourist destinations.
Leach Botanical Garden, 2 of 2
Portland’s wonderful Leach Botanical Garden has had some financial troubles this year. I love that place and would hate to see it go away. Today I explored the garden with two cameras, each with an unusual filter attached.
Leach Botanical Garden, 1 of 2
Portland’s wonderful Leach Botanical Garden has had some financial troubles this year. I love that place and would hate to see it go away. Today I explored the garden with two cameras, each with an unusual filter attached.
Portland Art Museum, March 2026
The Portland Art Museum has a huge new David Hockney exhibit. Check it out if you are nearby!
Portland Art Museum, Dec 2025
Elaine and I visited the newly revamped and reopened Portland Art Museum. The past couple of years the museum had been partially closed to add an additional 100,000 square feet. It certainly is an improvement to the facility in any and all definitions.
Westmoreland Park, Late Autumn
My camera in hand, I took a walk on a rainy late autumn day down to Westmoreland Park in southeast Portland. How I love a cool, foggy, drizzly day! The park was filled as usual with ducks and flowers and moss and a million other types of greenery.
Leach Botanical Garden, May 2025
16+ acres of lush forest and flowering plants from around the Northwest, and you will get a very different experience depending on what time of year you visit.
Sunset at Rocky Butte
In northeast Portland, there is a nice viewpoint at Rocky Butte Natural Area. The park covers the remains of an extinct volcano and gives you — on clear days — a nice view of several more volcanoes, both extinct (e.g., Mount Tabor, Pilot Butte, etc.) and active (e.g., Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens).
Westmoreland Park, Portland
A quick visit to Westmoreland Park, a lovely community park in SE Portland, Oregon…
Downtown Portland on the first day of summer
Summer has begun in 2024 here in Portland. So I took the day off work and headed downtown with my Leica T (L-mount) rangefinder to grab some snapshots…