I Never Promised you a Rose Garden...

 On our first cloudy and rainy weekend in a long time we decided to visit the Portland temple and the Rose Gardens.  I thought the gardens would be done, but not so, they were in full bloom-just gorgeous.  The temple grounds were beautiful as usual with fall pansies everywhere.

 The roses are stunning, I couldn't stop taking pictures, thinking that I could capture their beauty, but not the fragrance.  The smell of the roses mixed with the green foresty smell, fresh from a rain-lovely.

 Go ahead, just stick you face right down in there and take a whiff-heavenly.

 You can see the city of Portland peeking through the trees there.

 We sat on a park bench here and just enjoyed the view and smell, and made plans for our home rose garden, the weather was perfect for a day outside.