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Photos of the week: Jan. 2

Jan 2, 2025 | Photos of the Week

THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL Solstice celebration at Bristol’s Watershed Center took place in chilly temperatures, making the fires and luminaries all the more welcoming. Photo by Jonathan Blake
THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL Solstice celebration at Bristol’s Watershed Center took place in chilly temperatures, making the fires and luminaries all the more welcoming. Photo by Jonathan Blake
THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL Solstice celebration at Bristol’s Watershed Center took place in chilly temperatures, making the fires and luminaries all the more welcoming. Photo by Jonathan Blake

JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, photographer Jonathan Blake caught the festive spirit of the season in this image of the colorfully lit Otter Creek falls in downtown Middlebury. For a number of years, the Better Middlebury Partnership has paid to stage a light show of rotating colors on the falls during the holidays. Photo by Jonathan Blake
SHOREHAM NATIVE AND Middlebury Union High School grad Nick Hammond returned to his hometown for Christmas and, this past Thursday, enjoyed some ice skating with his daughters on the pond at Trade Winds Farm off Route 74 in Shoreham. Independent photo/Steve James
HOW MUCH FUN is it to chase your dad around on ice skates? Take a look at the pond at Trade Winds Farm in Shoreham this past Thursday and you will see. Independent photo/Steve James

WHILE THE COUNTY experienced a veritable heat wave on Monday, temperatures last week were frigid enough to create strong ice on various bodies of water —including at Trade Winds Farm off Route 74 in Shoreham. A group of folks donned their skates for some fun there on the day after Christmas. Independent photo/Steve James
JUNIPER ROYBUSS INCHES along the ice at Vermont Trade Winds Farm, on her knees, with a couple of milk crates providing extra stability. Independent photo/Steve James
ALEXANDER JAMES SCORES a goal on his son, Charlie, during a hockey tilt at Vermont Trade Winds Farm in Shoreham the day after Christmas. Independent photo/Steve James

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