Friday, December 28, 2007

The Bright Camellia

A pink camellia is entwined with Spanish Moss at Selma's Old Live Oak Cemetery. While the resting place is known for its spring beauty with blossoms of azalea and dogwood, it possesses a haunting grayness during the foggy, cloudy days of winter...that is, until the wanderer comes upon a camellia. This camellia bush is located near the Elodie Todd Dawson monument that was featured in an earlier post this year.

13 comments:

ft. lauderdale daily photo said...

Beautiful shot. I will visit your site more often. Thanks, also, for stopping in at the beach!

Josy said...

Oh, how beautiful! I'd love to find something like that around here in the wintertime.

(In response to the comment you left on my blog, just to clear up any confusion... my town--Ocean Township--is not a Methodist haven, but Ocean Grove, which is just a couple miles away from my hometown, is.)

Mitch said...

That's quite the flower! I love the little tendrils all over it. Great shot!
Thanks for stopping by my photo blog,
- Mitch in Minneapolis

Southern Heart said...

That is a beautiful photo! It made me long for Spring...and I'll admit to being a little envious of that gorgeous Spanish Moss! I look forward to seeing it everytime we head South!

Andrea

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

I love Spanish moss. We don't have it here.

Janet said...

Thanks for visiting.
Josy, Thanks for clearing me up on your town!

We are lucky to have Spanish Moss. I think we live about as far north as it grows. I can't think of seeing any just north of here, but there is plenty to the south.

Annie said...

This brings to mind an old woman, Camille, still beautiful.

JaamZIN said...

very nice colors..I miss them around nowdays

Gwen said...

Nice image of the camellia amid Spanish moss, the combination of the colors too, beautiful nature photograph.

Kerri Farley said...

So pretty! I envy the view of flowers that are still colorful!

Web-OJ said...

I know someone called Azalea. This pic is very pretty.

Jo's-D-Eyes said...

very beautifull as always, you are really an artistic person in photography!

I wish You a Happy and Creative 2008, Look at my Happy fireworks and wishes. See my blog:)(c) JoAnn

Andree said...

The contrasts here are just beautiful. Wonderful.