Some people like to play loud rock and roll music during a glamour shoot because it worked so well for David Hemmings in the 1966 film Blowup. But I don’t.

“In the New Year, never forget to thank your past years because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

As the clock ticks past midnight and open bottles of champagne are sitting in ice buckets, look back at what you did in the past year. Too often we take our accomplishments for granted—as if they were always there—and forget how hard we worked to achieve them.

The earliest first snowfall in the Denver area is usually around the beginning of September while the average first real snowfall is typically mid-October.