Anticipation

   

After all the holiday rush, January is always a let down for me.  The days are short, the air is too cool and everything seems drab and colorless.  Wanting spring and all it's glory to be here now, I find myself searching out color anywhere I can, be it the finches that populate my bare tree or the many spring seed catalogs that arrive in my mailbox on a daily basis.  My anticipation of the new season is palpable and I find it difficult to wait for the colors of spring.

What about you? Are you a spring or winter person? Please make my winter a little bit brighter and share with us your seasonal shots, too. 

Comments

[Audra Van Vliet]

I am a summer person. But this one reminds me of a winter in the Bahamas.

http://avanvlietphotography.blogspot.com/2011/01/solstice.html

[playcrane]

I can definitely relate!
I blogged about missing summer here: http://playcrane.blogspot.com/2011/01/miles-as-water-park-july-2010-yours.html

Winter color:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/playcrane/5258116070/in/set-72157625464876279/

[Kat]

Isn't it great, our photography can take us back to enjoy any season of the year! Here's a little bit of spring color for you, from a visit I made to Oregon last year. Oregon has the BEST spring color. It's the reward for the rainy, grey winters.
http://www.kateyeview.com/2010/03/nod-to-spring.html
http://www.kateyeview.com/2010/02/spring.html

[Marcie]

Yes..me too - I'm missing the 'color'...so have somehow decided to create my own:
http://marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=1421

[christine]

I have a really hard time with winter. I took this shot recently and I was really surprised with the color that came with it. Sure I boosted the blacks a bit....but everything else came with such an unexpected surprise:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35957913@N00/5329745375/

[Jennifée]

Oh, I'm a spring person - a summer person, even. So seasonal shots for me now is all about colour and warmth and coziness inside of my home, rather than the black and white world on the outside.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85057042@N00/5334161664/

[CDScott]

These ducks gave me a laugh as they tried to stay warm in partially frozen pond. I think they were as ready for spring as I am.

http://cdscottphoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/cold-duck.html

[Puna]

I like winter from December through January. Then I can't wait to summer.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2011/01/january-2-winterberry/

[Kathleen O.]

I am definitely a summer person. But the other day, on a blustery walk, I realized how lovely the holidays were and how I'm really glad that the hustle and bustle is over! It felt relaxing to stroll along in the slushy snow and not think about shopping or wrapping or parties - and just think about capturing the golden early-afternoon light. Perhaps I'm learning to appreciate Mother Nature in all her moods. Of course, I may feel differently shoveling out from 12 inches tomorrow...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/5340370861/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/5340982952/

[Holly { Soupatraveler }]

you took the words right out of my mouth...so ready for winter to be over. Was just thinking writing about this yesterday, http://www.flickr.com/photos/soupatraveler/5345254820/

[Doris]

Love the images! Below is the image that I return to on cold Winter days. I'm looking forward to a girls beach getaway in March and I can picture myself in this spot. Can you feel the gentle breeze?

http://dorisrudddesigns.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/october-12-2010/

[Gizem]

I am so much craving for spring as well :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizoti/5345524401/

[Gizem]

more colors are coming from spring though :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizoti/5191140709/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizoti/5191743018/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizoti/4983035782/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizoti/4956606666/

[Pam]

I actually love winter. But to help with the blahness, I always buy bouquets of flowers from the supermarket and put them in little vases all throughout my house.

http://www.sidewalkshoes365.com/2011/01/project-365day-365.html

[Marty Mason]

I'm just anticipating each day and hope it brings me good cheer and lots of creativity!
http://reflectionsunfurling.blogspot.com/2011/01/anticipate.html

[Jill F]

http://fingerontheshutter.com/
I am a cold weather person, disliking the sticky summers, but all we can do is take it as it comes.

[Skytimes]

I was so bummed about all the grey recently, that I couldn't help but colour up my life by sharing some of my pictures from New Zealand's spring. http://myskytimes.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/colouring-up-my-life/

I used to be a summer person... now, not so much anymore. But I surely miss colours during the dark season. May the sun come back very soon.

[lucy]

i found some colorful picnic tables on the snowy beach:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucyloomis/5345024104/

[ccap]

Trying to find some pleasure in winter photography as well. But, it's hard. So much easier in the brightness of spring:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyblue/5333355371/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyblue/5333351433/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyblue/5331733894/

[teresacooks]

I love winter, can't wait for the next big storm. Here's a winter picture.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45694649@N00/4296400060/in/set-72157623071518163/

[Beth]

This weekend I had the opportunity to shoot some "halfway there!" pictures of a friend who's expecting her first child. It's January and cold and gray, but she wore these bight orange gloves, which showed her personality and gave us a little pop of color!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14632491@N07/5345055408/

[Deanna]

I can't wait for spring. I find it hard to be creative with my photos in the winter because everything seems so monotone.
I can't wait for the colors to arrive again.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/djinjoe/5346444826/

[Diane]

I'm definitely a spring, summer, fall person -- I live up north where we have REAL winter. I'm talking bitter cold 20 below and colder for months up on months and lots of snow. The last of the snow doesn't melt until early May. The first snow arrives in September or October each year. That is winter. It's pretty but it's bitter.

http://www.dianeschuller.com/blog/2010/12/31/winter-on-the-prairies/

[Kimberly]

I share your quest for color and beauty and sometimes have to find it in decay:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/junebugphotography/5341045030/

[rawqueen]

Bearing the winter blues. Barely. Images like this help! Give thanks. Personally I use, sunset filters and bold, saturated colors to survive the wither doldrums. Here's an example. Lonely beach style...
http://somethingblu.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/jamaican-winter-bluesfrom-the-rock/

[tara]

i LOVE the spring seed catalogs.
here's a little peek of green that i discovered the other day...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/impossibletask/5330805879/in/photostream/

[Angela]

I'm a tropical person, trapped on an island in Canada. I've been noticing that ever since the new year began, I'm hearing more and more birds in my neighbourhood (or maybe it's just wishful thinking for spring):

http://angela-hemming.blogspot.com/2011/01/rebels-of-bird-world.html

[Jess]

I am a warmer weather person, however, I accepted a challenge today to take winter shots without getting out of the car. I posted two of the shots and had fun editing and older photo. Learning new editing techniques is a way I cope with the cold.

http://jessicavescera.blogspot.com/2011/01/winter-waters.html

[Kay Kacey Pickens]

I'm so not a winter person. I keep hopping back to this blog post and wanting to be back here at the sunrise on the beach...

http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2010/09/16/sunrise-at-the-beach/

[Tammy Lee Bradley]

We are fortunate to have year round summer here in Florida. There is just something magical about the clear blue skies. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tammyleebradley/5252535687/

[Nicole]

I love the colours of every saison. This year we already had a lot of snow here in Germany and I love it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nim2011/5346714381/#/photos/nim2011/5346714381/lightbox/
And if you really miss colours - just cook yourself a vegetable soup :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nim2011/5347312810/in/photostream/#/photos/nim2011/5347312810/in/photostream/lightbox/

Thank you for this inspiring blog.

[Margaret]

How fitting, I was late with my blog reading today... but Anticipation was my theme!

http://4thislife.blogspot.com/2011/01/11365-anticipation.html

[joey]

I don't mind the winter - for a little while anyway.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19379573@N06/5334094601/

[Laura]

I felt the same way, and just sent my blog readers a photo of some spring flowers. Bring on the spring!

Here at the bottom of the page:
http://southernsimplifying.blogspot.com/2011/01/something-to-share.html

[Stephanie]

I love living in Southern California, where we don't get much for winter weather...but between Christmas and New Year's Eve I spent a few days in the nearby mountains. We had a gorgeous snowfall! So fun to play in the snow for a few days and then come back home to the sun!

http://www.stephaniegracephotography.com/2011/01/big-bear.html

[cara]

here's what you have to do: celebrate "The Season without Reason"...you don't need a holiday to celebrate all the things we have to celebrate in our lives!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cararosephotos/5340883111/

[Kristin]

I miss the colors of spring and summer and autumn. I love the warm seasons. The winter shows no abundance of color, the winter is rather monochrome. And sometimes it helps to reduce the view of the little small things.
But when the sun shines in winter and the sky is beautiful blue and white of the snow, then so are the many, many colors that you like.
We have taken a short vacation in the Alps and had the good fortune to the winter at its best experience.

Here: http://liundbelle.blogspot.com/2011/01/short-holiday-1.html#links
Here:http://liundbelle.blogspot.com/2011/01/short-trip-part-3.html#links
Here:http://liundbelle.blogspot.com/2011/01/short-trip-part-4.html#links
Here:http://liundbelle.blogspot.com/2011/01/short-trip-part-5.html#links

[Kristina]

I am such a summer person! Already looking forward to spring and finally summer...
But some days in the winter are just perfect - like snowshoehiking in winterwonterland:

http://le-fabuleux-destin-de.blogspot.com/2011/01/home-sweet-home-snowshoehiking-in.html

[WorthIt!]

I strive to find the beauty in winter - even when it's gray and wet, wet, wet!

Sepia tones really help to bring warmth!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52055227@N07/5349629049/

[spread your wings]

i'm an 'every season' person. i really do like every season for the different beauty that can be found in each. here in the south snow is rare, so when it does comes along i find it very beautiful - the clean white, the blue shadows, the red cardinals pop in the evergreens, the beech leaves bring color that on an ordinary winter day may seem drab
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/5347324124/in/set-72157625800686580/
nothing dull about this winter day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/5346690572/in/set-72157625800686580/

[Rebecca]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebeccasmithphotography/5353933707/

just a bit of winter love

[Carmen]

Feeling a little overwhelmed with life, and for whatever reason, this photo made my day a little brighter. Thank you.