seeing blue

http://www.realmonstrosities.com/2012/01/blues.html
http://shootingmyuniverse.blogspot.com/2012/01/horizon-returns-home.html
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2012/01/lost-trademark.html
http://flowerhillfarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/essential-ethereal-time-transformation.html
http://seagullsteve.blogspot.com/2011/12/steepy-mountain-yields.html
http://shootingmyuniverse.blogspot.com/2011/12/forgotten-photo-friday-night-shot-of.html

best photos from 2011

Jim Goldstein has an annual Blog Project. I don't participate as I don't consider myself a photographer in the artistic sense; I take pictures mainly to quickly document what I find. Here's my collection of other bloggers/amazing photographers who have participated this year:
http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-10-of-2011.html
http://jimcoda.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/best-photos-of-2011/
http://blog.patulrichphotography.com/2011/12/favorite-photographs-of-2011.html
http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/12/best-2011-pics-or-favorite-pics-of-2011/

And, of course, here's a link to the man who started it all:
http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2011/12/19/blog-project-your-best-photos-from-2011/

watery reflections

I am sometimes amazed how the English language can state something realistically descriptive and can also hint at something metaphorical.

http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2011/12/under-summery-blue-sky.html
http://biobabbler.blogspot.com/2011/12/photo-quiz-answer-and-winners.html
http://blog.patulrichphotography.com/2011/12/reflecting-on-2011-and-sanderling-for.html
http://hwyfly.blogspot.com/2011/12/do-you-know.html

Santa hats on insects and related, part 2

I think this may become an annual collection. To see last year's, click here.

http://thebuggeek.com/2011/12/24/ho-ho-hoppers/
http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/santa-jaws/
http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/12/surprise-in-willows.html
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/happy-roachy-hanukkah/

lichen on vehicles

http://phyteclub.org/2011/12/22/green-roofs-theyre-not-just-for-houses-anymore/
http://aeshnacaerulea.blogspot.com/2011/12/attack-of-mechanised-symbionts.html

winter solstice

http://riverdaze.blogspot.com/2011/12/ring-out-wild-sky.html
http://matthewwills.com/2011/12/22/solstice/
http://thecommonmilkweed.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-winter-solstice.html
http://flowerhillfarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/spinning-tilting-towards-winter.html
http://sierrafoothillgarden.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/winter-solstice-in-the-sierra-foothill-garden/
http://www.patriciaklichen.com/2011/12/happy-solstice.html
http://tmousecmouse.blogspot.com/2011/12/novel-ecosystems-copout-or-valid-shift.html
http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/2011/12/music-video-chiron-beta-prime-jonathan.html

link dumplings

Folks after my own heart:
http://cameratrappingcampus.blogspot.com/search/label/link%20dump
http://natureblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-stew-with-link-dumplings.html

snow geese

http://rockpaperlizard.blogspot.com/2012/02/richmond-snow-goosery-and.html
http://www.thefreequark.com/2012/01/the-cripples-or-why-i-hate-wing-shooting/
http://treeinthedoorvideo.blogspot.com/2012/01/snowgeese.html
http://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2012/01/confusion-of-snow-geese.html
http://dailycalifornia.blogspot.com/2011/12/sky-filled-with-snow-geese.html
http://rockpaperlizard.blogspot.com/2011/12/waiting-for-real-snow.html
http://seagullsteve.blogspot.com/2011/12/central-standard.html
http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/2011/11/snow-geese-at-dawn.html
http://zettsett.blogspot.com/2011/11/sacramento-national-wildlife-reuge.html

lunar eclipse

http://camissonia.blogspot.com/2012/01/total-lunar-eclipse-manzanita-mania-and.html
http://dipperanch.blogspot.com/2011/12/de-lovely.html
http://snailseyeview.blogspot.com/2011/12/missed-it-by-that-much.html
https://frishmanphoto.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/cold-desert-eclipse/
http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/12/moonset-seal-rocks.html
http://hwyfly.blogspot.com/2011/12/try-again-in-3-years.html
http://biobabbler.blogspot.com/2011/12/lunar-eclipse-baby.html
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2011.html#LE2011Dec10T

Christmas trees

http://matthewwills.com/2011/12/09/let-my-people-go/
http://flightplot.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/christmas-trees/
http://www.patriciaklichen.com/2011/12/christmas-trees-real-or-fake.html

depression

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html
http://www.norcalkatie.com/2011/11/sideways-light.html
http://www.norcalkatie.com/2011/10/love-bomb-for-kate.html

winter has arrived

About the week before Thanksgiving, I noticed several bloggers posted snow from their areas. I failed to make note of it. Now, it seems winter has arrived in earnest:

http://natureblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/snow-on-back-order.html
http://baron-troutbirder.blogspot.com/2011/12/winter-arrived-last-night.html
http://seabrookeleckie.com/2011/12/04/sunday-snapshots-first-snow/
http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/12/frost.html
http://swanscot.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/winters-finally-here/

manure spreaders

Quite literally.

http://dailyyarnsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/12/dont-get-stuck-behind-manure-spreader.html
http://massanuttengametrails.blogspot.com/2011/11/back-in-civilization.html

beetles bonking bottles

It amazes me the time lag it takes from when other people post versus the ones who actually did the research...

http://bunyipco.blogspot.com/2011/12/beetles-on-bottle.html
http://skepticalmoth.southernfriedscience.com/2011/09/sexy-sexy-beer-bottles/

parks

http://66squarefeet.blogspot.com/2011/12/highbridge-park.html
http://thecommonmilkweed.blogspot.com/2011/11/malabar-farm-state-park-thanksgiving.html
http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/walk-in-park.html