Portland Japanese Garden

The second day we were in Portland, we went to the Japanese Garden. Like the one in San Francisco, you have to pay to go in, but they give free tours which we skipped out on (they lasted an hour). Unlike the one in San Francisco, the tea house isn't a running tea house (in SF you can buy tea and mochi and sit and enjoy the scenery).

It was kind of funny to see the big evergreen trees that surround the garden in the background, but other than that it was so pretty and peaceful - and so green!

Portland: Rose City

Last week I went on vacation to Oregon. First Ashland for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, then Portland for fun. I have never been to Portland before but it seemed like the kind of place I would like.

Baby Boomer

There's no "Last Week on Pinterest" this week since I pretty much didn't pin anything, but I do have a bunch of photos from our trip to the International Rose Test Garden to share.

Lavender Lace

I've never seen so many different roses in one place! Each variety has a little placard with the name of the type of rose (captioned on the photos).

Si Micro Mini

I loved all the mini roses. And there were one or two types of micro mini roses that were just adorable.

Sweet Caroline

In addition to the Rose Garden, I also visited some food trucks, Powell's City of Books, a bunch of yarn stores, and the Japanese Garden (pictures to come later).

Black Jade

I loved how everything in Portland was so close and walk-able and the diverse neighborhoods both downtown and in greater Portland were really fun to explore. All in all, a pretty fun trip and I would definitely go back.

Distant Drums

P.S. I think these Distant Drum roses were my favorite of the regular roses. I love their colors!