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Camellia in Winter “kantsubaki (寒椿)”…. flickr.com/photos
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winter Camellia
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snow laden bending branches
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color brightens, cheers
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color brightens, cheers
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bright green foliage, red buds
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Christmas beauty gift
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Christmas beauty gift
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peace, goodwill to all it says
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winter Carmelia
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siggiofmaine 
Mark M. Redfearn
The contrast between the whiteness of the snow and the colorful camellia suggests the paradoxes of life, I think.
Winter Camellia
siggiofmaine
Mark,
I do believe you have it the nail on the head. Thank you for the comment.
brudberg
Lovely set of cascading Haiku. And I also must give my compliments to your design. It works great on my iPad now.
Chevrefeuille
Nicely written Sigrid. Very well done … with that Christmas thought intwined. Wish you a Merry Christmas.
becca givens
I haven’t done this prompt yet — very nice Siggi!!
Great imagery, Siggi!! xo
jrbsays
There you go, I knew you’d come up with something special.
I love “colour brightens cheers ” I raise my glass of Shiraz to you…Cheers!