Snow on the mountains

Two pictures for you today that just don't do the scenery justice. The first one is taken from our driveway looking off toward the east last Friday. Those are a corridor of mountains going endlessly eastward (at least from our viewpoint). The further away they are, the bigger they get. Snow has been on the tvery top of the mountains since we arrived, but every few days seems to bring the snowline closer to us. What is hard to make out in the picture is that the tops of all those hills keep going up a ways more and are snow covered. The day was crisp and crystal clear and unfortunately the snow reflected the light so much, that you almost can't make the mountains out. You definately can't make out the mountains to the far left in the picture that are tall and snow covered. I had hoped to capture them, but didn't have any luck. (For my mom and Vange, note Buster drinking from the little pond with water clear enough to reflect his image. This is the pond that had belly up wildlife in it when we moved in. So glad it is clean and pretty now. )
The second picture is of a road we drive on to get to our house. If I hang a left at this point, I will drive up a hillside and get to our house. This was the first day that snow was on our "little" hill and the shot was too picturesque to miss.