Joseph Roussin, 2, thoughtfully shares a mittenful of snow with his grandmother, Julie Roussin, while playing in the front yard of her Orchard Mesa home.

A goose hunter is doing fine this afternoon after he fell into the Colorado River and spent more than 30 minutes in the water before being rescued by first responders, officials said.

Surrounded by friends and colleagues, Bill Robinson, center, greets each guest at the Colorado Mesa Ballroom during a celebration of his 90th birthday.

Dawn Morrow, who suffers from a terminal lung disease, looks over the inversion in the Grand Valley near her home on Orchard Mesa. She has been advised to wear a scarf in this weather.

Spc. Andrew Hoogeboom folds the Amercian flag at the service for veteran Juan Serna at the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery.

Micah Norton walks his old english sheepdogs, Gracie and Chauncy, on Grand Avenue today in weather that is similar to dreary, rainy weather in England where the breed was developed.

A Red-tailed Hawk flies from a tree in the James M. Robb Colorado River State, Connected Lakes Section. The raptor can grow to more than 2 feet in length and can weight as much as 4 pounds, with a wingspan of 4 feet. Red-tailed Hawks will hunt snakes, turtles, frogs, lizards, ducks, bobwhite, crows, starlings and other birds.

Climber Caroline George rests her hand while navigating a wall of rock hundreds of feet above the Box Canyon floor just outside Ouray Colo., Saturday Jan. 12, 2013. George was one of 25 climbers from around the world competing in the annual Elite Mixed Climbing Competition Saturday during the 18th annual Ouray Ice Festival.

David and Tanya Johnson of Spanish Fork, Utah, pass the time in the boarding area at Grand Junction Regional Airport as they wait for the Salt Lake City airport to reopen to resume their flight Thursday. The two left Hawaii at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.

An ice water fall flows out of cracks in a canyon wall in Plateau Canyon along Hwy 65.The thaw and freeze adds to the frozen falls.

With the warmer weather and the break in the inversion, some birds found enough open water on a street in Grand Junction to take a bird bath.

Monumental View. Looking down onto the 450-foot-tall Independence Monument in Colorado National Monument on a cold clear day. This is the view from between Independence Monument View Point and Otto’s Trail on the west end of the Monument.

Nine-year-old Ryan Pinneo from Grand Junction works on his fielding during the Rockies Baseball Camp in the Mavs Pavillion on the CMU campus. Rockies’ third baseman Jordan Pacheco was working with kids at the Rockies Baseball camp.

A blue heron eats a rainbow trout on the ice covered Corn Lake in the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park. Cliff Ulman was ice fishing on the lake and after catching the trout tossed it out for the happy heron to eat.

Geoff Tischbein from Montrose stretches out across a meadow at Top of the Pines with the majestic San Juan Mountains looming in the background.

Fruita Monument junior diver Tamera Newland flips during an event at El Pomar Natatorium. Newland tried out and made the Wildcats’ Poms team.

Steve Carver, right, of Dalby, Wendland & Co., P.C., accepts the Business of the Year Award from the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce at the annual banquet at Two Rivers Convention Center.

Hugh Thackaberry does a little jig for the piper band, the Rocky Mountain Scots, as he arrives at his party at Gelato Junction Cafe Saturday night after a ride in a limo from his home in Mack.

Chad Morris from Grand Junction drives the second hole on the Golf Disc Course in the West Lake Park Monday afternoon. Morris was out playing the course with friend, Jay Bair. Triple Play’s 3 on 3 Disc Golf Tournament is this Saturday, Jan. 26th at 10:30a.m. in Riverbend Park, Palisade.This tournament will support the Ice Bowl which benefits hungry people with food and cash donations.

Steve Fruphy and Cameron Mason of the Grand Junction Water Department warm up a frozen water meter on North 17th Street from the exhaust of their truck. City crews have been busy during this long cold snap.

While waiting for the Catholic Outreach soup kitchen to open for lunch, Mollie Woodard, operations coordinator for Homeward Bound, listens as Tony Day talks about how difficult it has been for him to find permanent shelter for both himself and his dog, Maxmillious. Woodard, who is also vice-chairwoman of the Grand Valley Coalition for the Homeless, is one of several people conducting this year’s annual survey of the homeless on where they spent the night Jan. 22.

Treacherous road conditions likely led to a tanker truck rollover before 7 a.m. Friday morning, about 10 miles north of Gateway along Highway 141.

No.22, Colton Burgon wtih CMU bolcks a shot by No.10, Mitch McCarron of Metro State.

Bruce McKay, bottom and Bill Roberts ski in the Home Loan Business League Ski & Snowboard Race Series at Powerhorn Mountain Resort Wednesday afternoon.

Douglas Hawkins of Delta comes down with a rebound surrounded by Palisade players in Delta’s 59-56 win at home.

Garrett Sullivan, left, and Nika Novinsky ski across the ninth green as they head out on a cross-country ski trip around the Lincoln Park golf course.

An eagle stares down at the photographer on a trail at Connected Lakes State Park just underneath the raptor’s perch. Birds in general fluff their feathers to provide more insulation in cold weather.

Linda Groves, left, and Kristi Kline wait for a bus on Unaweep Avenue on a cold day. They said they only have to wait 15 minutes unless the bus is late.

Firefighters from Clifton and Grand Junction fight a fire at 518 Garland Street.

Hundreds of people wait in line to sign petitions and pick up literature following Saturday’s rally against gun control at the old Mesa County Courthouse.

Caleb Miller lines up a shot during a recent practice with his recurve bow at Defy Gravity Youth Center. Miller, 17, is at the Junior Dream Team training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center this week in Colorado Springs.

Savanna Green, 7, reaches for a dollar bill as her mom Ciji teaches her figure skating student to skate backwards at the Ice Skating In. rink at 1130 North 3rd Street Sunday.

A cold prairie dog digs out of the snow at the Walter Walker Sate Wildlife Area near Railhead Circle and I-70 Thursday afternoon.

Colorado Mesa University’s Bruna Deichmann goes up for a layup after taking the ball down the court during Saturday’s game against Western State Colorado University at Brownson Arena.

A pair of young mule deer peer at the photographer as they were grazing just outside of Paonia.

#9, Skyler Sherman with the Defiance 16 Volleyball team with a kill over the Western Colorado Red 15 team in a 25-21 win for the Defiance 16 team in the Western Colorado Volleyball Showcase tournament in the Maverick Center Saturday afternoon.

15-year-old Zevin Ulman from Grand Junction skating on the snow covered ice on Corn Lake in the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park, Corn Lake section.

As John Justman, second from left, watches, new Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese signs a second copy of the oath of office after being sworn in by Judge David Bottger, chief justice of the 21st Judicial District, during Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony in the old Mesa County Courthouse’s public hearing room. Both Justman and Pugliese assumed their new positions as commissioners after taking their oaths Tuesday.

Steven Smith, left and Casey Scott squeegee water off the Wayne Nelson Court in the Mav Center on the CMU campus Tuesday afternoon just before 6:00 p.m. after a waterline break flooded the court. The Grand Junction Fire Department was on the seen and helped dry the court. Smith and Scott are CMU students.

Colorado Mesa University’s James Martinez, in maroon, watches the referee as he pins teammate Trevor Behr, in white, for a win in the 149-pound match Wednesday during the Maroon and White scrimmage at Brownson Arena.

An elderly man drives his car into the floral department at Safeway.

Mark Bray throws a shovelfull of snow from the parking lot at Mesa Feed Mart Friday Morning after the latest storm deposits a skiff of white stuff overnight in the valley.

Bridal Veil Falls is a 365 foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and the power plant at its top. In winter the frozen shape of the falls forms an imposing challenge to intrepid ice climbers.

Cliff Ulman from Grand Junction pulls a good size rainbow trout out of an ice hole on Corn Lake in the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park Corn Lake Section. After his catch a very happy blue heron came along and Ulman threw the trout to heron and with one bite the heron eats it.

Montrose High School’s Natalie Moureaux swims a length during the 400-Yard Freestyle team relay at the Bill Heddles Recreation Center in Delta Saturday morning.

Dusty Moots’ eyes light up as he cradles his newborn daughter Airibella Eden in his arms while his wife Airin looks on from her bed in the obstetrics ward of St. Mary’s Hospital on Tuesday. Airibella was the first baby born in 2013 in Grand Junction after her mother delivered her at 3:58 a.m. New Year’s Day. The baby girl, who weighed 5 pound 12 ounces at birth, wasn’t due until Jan. 26. The Moots live in Grand Junction and have three older daughters.

Snow and hoarfrost collect on a rose hip along 25 Road.