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In the deep of winter, the lack of color can make for a depressing landscape. Recently we set out to defy gloom and find the colors that still exist in our community. Check out the photo essay.

Pictured here: Just west of the ocean sits a speck of summer bathed in yellow and robin’s-egg blue.  •  In The Lemon Cabana store in Virginia Beach, sunlight sets a gold vase aglow. A silken dragonfly alights on a throw pillow. Roomy armchairs are covered in pastel blue. In one corner, a lampshade blooms from a bold green flower stem.  •  Owner Julie Fancher says, “We call it our happy place.”  – Lorraine Eaton

See more pictures and read more in our photo essay.