Field Trip: International Rose Test Garden


It’s taken five years to write this post.

Five years since Joe and I first started planning a trip to the Pacific Northwest — and learning that the International Rose Test Garden is a short light rail ride away from downtown Portland, OR. Five years since we purchased our plane tickets for a May 2020 trip – and four years since the world canceled it because of COVID.

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Bloomin’ Update 41: The Belles of the Peony Ball


Peony

Letter O2nce upon a time, in a garden somewhere between here and there, peony blossoms remained tightly wrapped in anticipation of their debut at the grand ball.  Even the servant ants worked tirelessly and feverishly to ensure that each fold, each petal, was proper and elegant.

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