gentle reminder

Woman enjoying sun bath. The picture was taken at Bryant Park in New York.

This week has been cold, grey and rainy here in upstate New York.
Although I am longing for sunny days and warmer weather,
I loved these evocative photos from a collection of this changing season.
After all, what would spring feel like, were it not for the winter preceding it?
Would we be able to savor the warmth of a sunny day,
or the color and life in a simple crocus blossom?

Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount in Jerusalem during a snowfall. This year, snow fell in Jerusalem for the first time in four years, because of this, the school was closed. (Reuters / Amir Cohen)

London eye capsule in thick fog in central London. (Reuters / Andrew Winning)

Buddhist monks praying for the souls of the victims of the tsunami March 11, 2011 on the beach in Kitaitsumi Minamisome. (Reuters / Yuriko Nakao)

A man sculpts snowballs after a snowfall in the desert near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters / Mohamed Alhwaity)

Teen enjoying on the frozen River Neva in St. Petersburg. (Olga Maltseva / AFP / Getty Images)

The male brown bear Palle Giuseppe came out of hibernation at the zoo in the wound, Finland. (By Reuters / Kaisa Siren / Lehtikuva)

Spring flowers in front of the Reichstag on a sunny day in Berlin. (Reuters / Thomas Peter)

Bumblebee gathering pollen from blooming crocuses in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo / Martin Meissner)

via {odd stuff magazine}