Fallen Beauty

I love flowers after their prime. I especially loved the raindrops on this fallen camellia at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. 

Winter Color

A friend sat nearby at church last Sunday with a beautiful pale pink camellia pinned to her jacket.  We're so lucky to have this breath of spring blooming in the winter months here in Birmingham!  This one is from the Birmingham Botanical Gardens where there is an entire area of gorgeous bushes and even more growing inside the Conservatory.

Camellia

Today a rest for the eyes.  Alabama's state flower, camellia japonica.

After the Rain

The week before the "blizzard", we had 24 hours of pouring rain and thunderstorms.  When it finally let up I took a long walk and then stopped by the Botanical Gardens to check on "spring".  Everything was dripping wet,  and I enjoyed trying to capture it all. 

 

Please click on each photo and enlarge to catch the raindrops for yourself!

Winter in Birmingham

Down the Path

If you've seen some of my recent posts you now that we have had some irratic weather lately. It occurred to me that many of you might not know  what our "normal" winter weather is like here.  I will be doing a short series during the next week that I hope will give you a taste of winter here in the Deep South.  You might be surprised.  All photos featured have been taken during the last week in December.  Today, a stroll through the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. 

Camellia

( Note: Only a few bushes were in bloom. Most are full of buds waiting to bust open soon. Oh yes, I will be back to capture those as well.  The state flower of Alabama never disappoints.)

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