When the snow is JUST right I can seldom resist making a snow sculpture.  The coloration was added with a spray bottle of colored water.  Our dogs are always obedience trained, but Sheba (1979) was less than impressed by being told to sit and stay next to this "thing".  Her scornful expressions seemed to say, "If this is art, I'm a black lab."  Black lab proponents scornfully call golden retrievers "marsh otters" or "swamp collies".   They don't know what they're missing!    Sheba (Shebandewan Sundown) was the first dog that I ever showed in licensed obedience trials.  She had her CDX, but I got tired of traveling to dog shows before we finished her UD.

Back to those gorgeous goldens.