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Alex Schroeder<p>I brought tried to take pictures with my trusty Olympus EP-5 and the 30mm 1:3.5 macro lens. Sadly, I have been untrained by the phone and was confused by the settings and the tiny screen. Oh my! <a href="https://social.alexschroeder.ch/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://social.alexschroeder.ch/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellia</span></a></p>
Alex Schroeder<p>We’re at the Camellia park in Locarno. For a few weeks in spring, it is full of flowers. Free admittance. 😍 <a href="https://social.alexschroeder.ch/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://social.alexschroeder.ch/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellia</span></a></p>
Patrick Poon🎐<p>Oh, some friends said these are actually <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/%E5%B1%B1%E8%8C%B6%E8%8A%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>山茶花</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a></p>
Mr B<p>A picture of my camellia bush from this morning.</p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flowers</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellia</span></a></p>
mskzchkw<p>Camellia amplexicaulis at Sakuya Konohana Kan, Osaka, in January 2024. OM-1 + M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 Macro.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellia</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CamelliaAmplexicaulis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CamelliaAmplexicaulis</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SakuyaKonohanaKan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SakuyaKonohanaKan</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Osaka</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OM1</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MZuiko60mmF28Macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MZuiko60mmF28Macro</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MicroFourThirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroFourThirds</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
jaja<p>"Vive Le Macaron" teableau for 03/16/25</p><p>Un petit plaisir par un dimanche pluvieux.</p><p><a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tea</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Teableau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teableau</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/TeaCozy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeaCozy</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/TeaCosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeaCosy</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/BlackTea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackTea</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Handmade</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sewing</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Quilting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quilting</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/StashTeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StashTeas</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Macarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macarons</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/Camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellia</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a></p>
Jake BrownCommon, common, common, common, common cameeelliaaa... 🎶<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/portland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/oregon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oregon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pdx?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pdx</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pnw?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pnw</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ippawards?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ippawards</a> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunrise?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunrise</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/camellia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#camellia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/karmachameleon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karmachameleon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cultureclub?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cultureclub</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/boygeorge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boygeorge</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/iphone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iphone</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/iphoneography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iphoneography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/smartphoneography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smartphoneography</a>
Helena<p>Starting to believe it’s spring. The camellia flowers have started to open and there are buds on the blueberry. <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a></p>
jeanoappleseed<p>Good morning from <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pasadena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pasadena</span></a>. 🌤️ and between 18ºC (64ºF) and 22ºC (72ºF) today (I make my own hybrid forecast because I don't find CalTech's weather reliable believe it or not. It's like they give temperatures in deep shade…</p><p>It's time to get up. Been struggling a bit. Need to explain later. Stood up a group of nice people from the dog park who wanted to befriend me, for dinner Saturday. And feeling bad about it though relieved. I can explain later, as I say. It's complicated. But it has to do with my difficulties socializing and also a person I started finding offensive…</p><p>Gardening today as it’s supposed to rain tomorrow. Just finished coffee in bed. About to get up to feed to pups!!</p><p>We're going to <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DST</span></a> Sunday... 🙄 I so hate DST and light late in the day. it's NOW I want light. At 5am. Not at 7… But I digress.</p><p>Have a great Tuesday/Wednesday. Hoping your week is going well. Sorry for the sporadic silences. I will update you later on more positive stuff too… Sorry.</p><p>And next time something essential breaks and needs <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Repairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repairs</span></a>, I may very well go see Joe (see photo 2); btw aren’t some <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a> flowers so PERFECT and beautiful?</p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>For over a thousand years members of the nobility would pray at the shrine before setting off on important journeys🧭</p><p>Ex-emperors Shirakawa and Toba began their pilgrimages to Kumano from Jōnan-gū, and Princess Kazu departed here in 1861 to marry Shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jonangu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jonangu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>Shōfu-dō's (松甫堂) 'tsubaki-mochi' (椿餅) is sold exclusively on the approach to Jōnan-gu during plum blossom season. The sweet's slight octagonal shape was inspired by the shrine's famous amulet (protecting against unlucky directions).<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%9F%8E%E5%8D%97%E5%AE%AE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>城南宮</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jonangu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jonangu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>京都</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wagashi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wagashi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%92%8C%E8%8F%93%E5%AD%90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>和菓子</span></a></p>
Marco Sales<p>Camellia Blossom.<br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/blacknwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blacknwhite</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a></p>
olena<p>This beautiful pair of camellias deserved their own post<br><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <br><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Camellias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellias</span></a> <br><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Swan Lake <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camellia</span></a>. Great name for an operatic <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flower</span></a>.</p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>Astonishingly, it can take a few hours to harvest all the leaves from one small bush.<br>The organic fields look very different from the undulating ridges of tea we often see in promotional images for Uji.</p><p>Although small, these bushes are almost 200 years old!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matcha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%8A%B9%E8%8C%B6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>抹茶</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uji</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>The soil here is known as 'Jika' (地香 'Fragrant Land') thanks to the huge efforts that go into making organic tea.</p><p>Fertilizer is made from a mix of pampas and humus, and no machinery is used to care for the bushes or pick the leaves. The resulting tea has a very different taste!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yuyadani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yuyadani</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%B9%AF%E5%B1%8B%E8%B0%B7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>湯屋谷</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uji</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matcha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maccha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maccha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%8A%B9%E8%8C%B6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>抹茶</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>Yuyadani (湯屋谷) is the birthplace of sencha green tea (煎茶発祥の地) in Japan. In ancient times this region sat on the sea bed, and the soil conditions are perfect for growing tea.</p><p>Nowadays the valleys and hills have little rain and remain free of frost in the winter🙌</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uji</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ujitawara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ujitawara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kyoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kyoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%BA%9C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>京都府</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teaplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaplants</span></a></p>
Heliograph<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@skyfire747" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skyfire747</span></a></span> the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a> shrub downstairs loves the winter ☺️</p>
Heliograph<p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/camellia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camellia</span></a> blooming in the yard despite it being winter</p>
B.ellaIn the spotlight.<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BloomScrolling?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BloomScrolling</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/florespondence?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#florespondence</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/camellia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#camellia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flower</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spring?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a>