Camellia Sasanquas and Deer

At the north end of the garden of Nara New Public Hall, many Camellia Sasanquas are planted
 lining up along the bamboo hedges.

On a snow day in February last year, I took pictures of Sasanqua flowers peeping through the bamboo hedges

 or looking up at the overhanging branches because the garden was closed.

Last week, the garden was open to the public. 

I opened the back gate to enter. 

Flowers were abundant on the branches while petals covered the ground. 

I was so happy: I was in the right place at the right time .

Deer are not grazing petals but grasses. 

Though they eat the petals of cheery blossoms, they don’t eat those of Camellias.

Sasanquas start flowering when autumn foliage is almost over and last till February,
giving lovely colors and radiance in the shivering cold.

Deer can roam freely in Nara Park. 

They appear in the residential area or even in downtown.  

But deer are kept off Japanese Gardens.

So I included double exposure images, which I tried for the first time, 

from my wishful thinking to take pictures of deer with blooming Camellia Sasanquas.

Two species of camellias are popular in Japan; one is Camellia Sasanqua and the other is Camellia Japonica. 

The former is autumn-blooming (late autumn to winter), the latter spring-blooming (late winter to spring).  

See Like a Sasanqua

This post is linked to Our World Tuesday.