A view of a steep, snow-covered hillside. In the foreground, a couple Ponderosa pine trees with big balls of snow around all of their needle tips are framing the view. Misty clouds hang just over the top of the hill promising more snow.

A view looking up a tall Ponderosa pine tree covered with snow around all of its needle tips and softly glowing in the cloud-dimmed morning sunlight.

A view a day later looking up the same tall Ponderosa pine tree covered with snow around all of its needle tips, but this time glowing intensly in bright early morning sunshine, and framed against a brilliant blue sky.

A day later looking at the steep, snow-covered hillside, this time glowing intensly in bright early morning sunshine, with a brilliant blue sky beyond.