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Taihu Rocks in the Portland Chinese Garden

May 13, 2011March 19, 2012 admin 1 Comment Chinese Garden, Lake Tai, limestone, Oregon, Portland, Qi, Scholars' rocks, Taihu, Yang

My blog about the floors of the Portland Chinese Gardens has been one of the most viewed of my blogs

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Image stabilization and dumb blonde moments

May 12, 2011February 27, 2012 admin 0 Comments camea, canon, heron, image stabilization, IS, lens, Photography, telephoto

I admit it. I am as bad as any other dumb blonde! Maybe that’s because I am not practiced enough

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The Oregon Garden

May 10, 2011February 15, 2012 admin 4 Comments Gardens, Oregon, Silverton, The Oregon Garden

It was over a decade ago that The Oregon Garden was created. There was a lot about it in the

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Kelley Point Park

May 3, 2011March 19, 2012 Brian beach, Kelley Point, Oregon, Park, picnic, Portland

I am sitting on a beach in Portland. I have wonderful views of Mount Hood and there are lots of

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Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens

April 20, 2011March 20, 2012 Brian Azalea, Crystal Springs, Gardens, Oregon, Portland, Rhododendron

Crystal Springs is one of Portland’s lesser known gardens and I am not quite sure why. Sure, it is not

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The Floors of the Portland Chinese Garden

April 16, 2011March 21, 2012 Brian Chinese, Floor, Garden, Oregon, Portland

If you have ever visited the Chinese Garden in Portland, you may have noticed the floors. Most of them are

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Portland Parks are more than Special

April 12, 2011February 27, 2012 Brian Forest, Gardens, Oregon, Parks, Portland, Rose, State, Tryon Creek

For a fairly small city, Portland is #1 in the nation for many things, and I am sure I only

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The biggest landscaping mistake

April 12, 2011February 27, 2012 Brian Gardening, home, landscaping, lawn, Plan, Stone, walls

It was quite a few years ago when I attended some horticulture and landscaping classes at Clackamas Community College. I

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