Paczki loves the snow, and after doing a couple of snow angels she walks around until she can get her sisters to run, chase and do some faux fighting . . .

It was a colorful Autumn evening with backlit sun, and two wonderful smiles. We call it Golden Joy . . .

Golden retrievers Paczki and ZuZu love being out in the polar vortex a heck of a lot more than we do, but it's so much fun to watch them. This morning was around 10 degrees with about 7 inches of fresh snow: a perfect morning! And off they go . . .

Will Rogers said it best, "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." When I see the joy in our goldens as they run and chase each other around, I sometimes think that instead of streets of gold, I'd just as soon be surrounded by our goldens . . .

The colors this Autumn are quite vibrant, and since puppy ZuZu (golden retriever) has been learning the sit command we thought we'd try and get her to sit where some of the colors would be in the background.

ZuZu puppy was jumping up and down on a couch in an upstairs room on a sunny fall day, and when I grabbed the camera to attempt a couple of shots, she stopped and stared at me for a brief moment. Long enough to capture a couple of golden retriever puppy portraits.