roses – Not Your Average Engineer

June 15, 2013July 4, 2020

International Rose Test Garden with Heather

Heather and I visited the International Rose Test Garden to check out the blooming roses. A few years ago I visited the same garden in Portland with Zach and Vera.

The Zooliner on the Washington Park and Zoo Railway.

Mount Hood in the distance shrouded by clouds.

The original Rosarian.

We spotted some Portland Hipsters enjoying a sit on the grass. One wasn’t wearing any shoes.

This is a natural rose bouquet!

There was a wedding reception going on in the lower bowl of the ampetheater at the rose garden. A whole flock of people were sitting around on the upper bowls watching the reception. As beautiful of a place as it is to have a reception, it would be rather awkward for the guests to have all those people watching you eat.

Climbing roses.

September 22, 2008July 1, 2020

Deer spotting, plum smuggling, and rose smelling while jogging

Samantha and I are trying to make a habit of jogging every evening. Tonight we went up and over one of the ramparts to Witham Hill. On Crest Drive, we found a tree loaded with plums. It’s amazing how much fruit goes to waste in this town. We are thinking of creating a map of all of the fruit trees and other edible plants in Corvallis so that people can find places to get fresh fruit in season.

Just past the plum tree, I mentioned to Samantha how a house had a eerily realistic deer statue in the front yard. Upon closer inspection, we realized with quite a start that it in fact was a very much live four point buck in excellent condition. It watched us for a minute then ambled into the back yard of the house.

In total, our run was 2.8 miles.

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September 21, 2008July 1, 2020

Jogging in the Evening on the Last Day of Summer

Samantha and I went for a nice little jog this evening. Our route took us on a two mile loop through the neighborhoods below Witham Hill in Corvallis. The weather was fine but a crisp note lingered in the air. Fall starts tomorrow. We passed several fine rose bushes that all had divine smells. It seems to me that late season roses have a more intense smell than early blooms.

Tomorrow we plan to go out jogging again. Perhaps we shall explore the Witham Hill area.

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