Snow in the Garden

We are starting to think that somebody played a plate tectonics trick on us, and Portland has been relocated somewhere in what was previously known as the midwest.  How else could you explain all of the cold weather and snow?  Undaunted, we decided to take advantage of it last weekend.  We got another inch or so of snow last Sunday, and we headed up to the Portland Japanese Gardens to check it out.  It was awesome!  The place was swarming with photographers (ourselves included), which was kind of amusing.  Below is a slideshow of some of the better pictures.  View it in full-screen mode for the best effect.

As Katie and I walked through the garden, we kept on hearing a kid screaming in the distance, and we eventually ran into the kid, probably 2 years old, by the pond.  His parents kindly took a picture of us, and while they were about to take the picture, the kid lost his balance and slid under the fence, hanging on with legs dangling over the water.  Phew!  I did not want to go swimming.