Make no mistake, though.  We are in the mountains.  As if to remind us of this, the day after Thanksgiving we awoke to approximately 6" of new snow on the ground.  This shot was taken from our front yard, looking south to Lac Leman.

It is quite lovely - if you're not on your way to work.  Here TT takes an "art" shot of the eves of our house.

As a side note - I must say I was a little nervous about the whole snow thing.  For openers (as you can see) - we live on a pretty steep hill.  But Teri has really taken on the task.  The day these photos were taken, she drove the Prius up the hill in deep snow right past a big fancy 4WD that had gotten stuck trying the same thing.  Nice work, TT.