Babysitter Alyssa Withee, 21, left, helps Flannery Brady, seated, age 2, and Laila Brady build a snowman on Saturday outside their Hallowell home.

A pair of fisherman wait for a flag to pop up on their ice fishing traps Thursday on Upper Pleasant Pond in Richmond.

Oliver Kucharski, 3, left, gets a ride from his sister, Maya Kucharski, 8, both of Sidney, past some tractors at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show on Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Charlie Erskine, of Erskine Farms, left, and Dalziel Lewis, of Dig Deep Farm, set up under the gazebo for the weekly farmers’ market on Tuesday in Mill Park in Augusta. The winter market runs every Tuesday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. through May, when the hours will change. Mill Park is on Northern Avenue, between downtown and Sand Hill.

On Saturday, artists drew temporary, henna-style tattoos at the Gardiner Public Library.

Kelsey Morin, left, and her daughter, Hadleigh Morin, 4, both of South China, slide down the Mill Park sledding hill on Tuesday in Augusta. There were several groups of sledders there on the New Year’s Day holiday. The sledding hill is near corner of Northern Avenue and Canal Street, between Sand Hill and downtown Augusta.

Cross country skiers curve around a bend in the trail on Tuesday at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta. There are several miles of groomed ski trails at the arboretum, which is located at 153 Hospital St.

About 20 people dressed in pajamas and bathrobes or coats cross Water Street in downtown Hallowell on their way from an apartment, where they gathered on their way to a New Year’s Day brunch at Slates Restaurant, on Tuesday. One of the organizers said that pajamas for brunch has been a holiday tradition for them for at least 10 years.

Justin Lord Willett, 12, runs a snowblower on the back of a farm tractor to clear a a work area on Tuesday in Hallowell.

Meg Mourey, left, an antiques dealer from Lancaster, N.H., shows a piece of pottery to Miriam Buckley, of Damarine Antiques, on Tuesday at the 22nd annual New Year’s Day Antique Sale at the Augusta armory. There were 45 antiques dealers at the show.