I read through them and realized I hadn't gotten back to thank you. Sometimes I get sidetracked or something in me is resisting even opening my laptop because I fall into a black hole.
Anyway, hope u are all enjoying January and the kind of weather you like - I don't care that much for snow but we did have a snow event that wasn't that bad here where I live. However, few towns up from me had a lot of damage from wind and snow and ice. Lake Arrowhead had so much damage from trees coming down and smashing into some homes. I don't know the extent of the damage just from what I'm reading on the mountain forums I go to on Facebook.
This time of year walking around the lake at about 4 o'clock gives almost too much color to take in with the reflections in the lake as the sun comes low and then starts to go down over the mountains. I took these photos yesterday when i was about done with my walk around the lake and heading back to my car.