These white flowers were poking out of some scraggly brush on the walk around the old rice field at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.

Perhaps a Camelia variety, they were the only flowers I saw in this mile and a quarter (2 KM) stretch on December 10.

The blooms were a little raggedy looking, but attracted a steady flow of bees and other small insects.

They were making the most of the situation on a 70 degree F (21 C) morning.