Always a fun Portland destination, especially this time of year when many of the plants are in bloom.

A great urban park with ball fields and picnic areas, plus a gorgeous little lake to sit beside and let the pressures of the workaday world evaporate…

Rhododendrons and magnolias and daffodils and countless other flowers were blooming and the aromas were wonderful…

10 acres of lush beauty, filled with many Pacific Northwest plants, most notably of course rhododendrons…

Year-in, year-out, one great spot to escape the rigors of city life, to relax and enjoy nature, is the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in SE Portland...

As always, there were more ducks than you could count, and geese, and for once at least the world's most obese squirrel...

It's a gorgeous little park adjacent to Reed College, and it is packed to the gills with a wide assortment of rhododendrons. And ducks and geese, for that matter...

10 acres packed full of foliage, most importantly all sorts of rhododendrons. And they were all coming into bloom, wow...