First Snow of the Year

Here in Western Oregon, we usually get a little bit of snow in the winter - maybe 2 or 3 inches. This morning it looks like we are going to get our year's quota before Christmas. I grabbed m camera and took my traditional snow pictures, including views of the woods behind our house:

Looking up the valley...


Looking to the south. The big Douglas Fir on the right is a legacy to this being a Christmas tree farm years ago.


The big tree in our back yard...


The new garden shed got its first snow:


The weather forecasters say this is going to go no all week, so maybe we will have a white Christmas.