Some photos up at the Portland Arboretum.

I was going up to the Rose Garden, but damn, it was crowded with cars backed up into the neighborhood side streets.  So I drove past to the lower Arboretum area near the Vietnam Memorial, but decided to go to the area across the Winter Garden.

I didn't stay very long -- maybe about 20 minutes -- due to the giant mosquito marauders circling and dive-bombing for a chance to draw blood.  Being highly allergic (I get these glowing red bumps that are itchy), I couldn't spend the time I wanted to, to set up photos with the tripod.

By the way, I always prefer cloudy but bright days, to sunny, blue sky days, for these macro shots.  The contrast is too much on sunny days for these photos to turn out well.