Taken last night at our company holiday party.

Fields in West Central Minnesota lie dormant under a light dusting of snow.

Two dogs excited that it’s snowing and going to be a powder day in High Country.

Silverthorne, Colorado.

Yellow-purple dawn. Downtown Denver.

Ice fisherman on Lobster Lake near Alexandria, Minnesota.

Normally, at this time of year, people would have no qualms about driving 3/4 ton pickups out on the ice to their fish houses, but unseasonably warm winter weather in Minnesota has left the ice much thinner than normal.

The day after New Year’s! Gorgeous weather at the top and bottom of Copper Mountain!

100 days until the 2012 Rockies’ season begins!

Sunset light reflects off a frozen Lake Dillon, Summit County, Colorado. Some of the ski slopes of Keystone are visible in the distance.

After sunset on a frozen Minnesota lake.

Morning sun trying to break through the clouds and dot the “i” in downtown Denver.

Dawn in downtown Denver.

Mallard (Greenhead) duck in a pond, Denver.

He scores over the right pad!

Youth hockey.

#hockey  #score  #goalie  

Freshly groomed snow awaits skiers and snowboarders for the first run of the day atop Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado.

Off in the distance is the Gore Range.

In our household, the day after Thanksgiving is always White Friday.

Copper Mountain Resort, Colorado.

[iPhone photo]