2012, Day 8 - Life renewed

Life is different when you look at the details.  The year is still young and the nights are chilly but the camelias are already blooming.  It seems like only a few weeks ago that the trees finished shedding their leaves and we already have color returning.  If things keep up this way we're going to have a rather disappointing winter for the skiers and snowboarders but I wouldn't be at all opposed to a nice mild winter given that the rain seemed endless last year.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 100/f2.8L IS
100mm, f5.6, 1/60 sec @ 320 ISO