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url: 'https://dri.es/photos/archive/2025/01'
title: 'Photos from January 2025'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-07-24T01:39:33+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: photo-stream
count: 5
---

# Photos from January 2025

![A group of friends and family smiling around a candlelit dinner table, celebrating New Year's Eve in a warm, cozy setting.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2025/new-year-celebration-640w.jpg)
*Ringing in the New Year surrounded by warmth, laughter, friendship, and family. Here is to more moments like these in 2025!*

![Lobsters are grilling on a round steel plate above an open flame, with a person flipping them using tongs.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2025/grilling-lobsters-on-ofyr-640w.jpg)
*We kicked off the new year by hosting our family and grilling lobsters on an Ofyr fire pit.*

![Lobsters grilling over open flames as someone applies metled butter using a bundle of herbs.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2025/winter-lobster-grill-640w.jpg)
*Winter lobster grill.*

![A woman in Amsterdam, seen through a shop window, looking at stone statues of Dutch houses.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2025/shopping-in-amsterdam-640w.jpg)
*Our flight to Boston was canceled, so we spent the day exploring Amsterdam. This photo shows Vanessa on a street corner, seen through a shop window.*

![Two people in winter gear with a small dog sitting in the snow, set against a snowy forest.](https://dri.es/files/cache/miscellaneous-2025/saddleback-mountain-640w.jpg)
*My first ski trip to Saddleback Mountain, Maine. I enjoyed skiing, hiking, good food, board games, and quality time with friends. It quickly became one of my favorite mountains on the East Coast!*