Frequently I marvel at the beauty that surrounds me.  I feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful part of this earth (despite the rain... :P).  Occasionally I am honoured to see such beauty from my own widows at home.  Usually from my bedroom window.  I've never really appreciated having a view, even a bit of a view, before.  We currently live at the base of a mountain but are still up high enough to see the earth's splendour.  I have seen some amazing things so far in my 1 1/4 years that we've lived here; unfortunately I don't always have my camera with me.  But here are 2 separate occasions that I felt were blog worthy!

This was the view after a really crazy hail storm in mid November.  LOVE the fall colours!

And this is what I woke up to one morning in early December!