We had our first snow of the year last Thursday – an accumulation of three to four inches, which came later in the season than what might be usual. By comparison, I remember the year my daughter was born. There was lots of snow on the ground in early December of that year, with the temperatures frigid and way below freezing. That first month she was born, for some reason, we constantly took her outside with us, wrapping her up in layers of clothes and a Pendleton blanket – But that was fifteen years ago.

Yesterday the sun reflected off the snow brilliantly, and the Northern Colorado sky shone its most crystalline robin's-egg blue. I went out and took pictures of some of my favorite places around Fort Collins.

What you see below are the grounds of the Colorado State University Center for the Arts, including a photo of the Andy Warhol giant soup can; the serpentine wall behind the ADP building on Remington Street; the zigzag lines of Morgan Library; and the angelic doors of Danforth Chapel.