View from the kitchen window

Today I was standing at the kitchen sink and looked out the window...I do this numerous times per day without taking much notice. A couple of years ago, we had friends visiting from Dallas, Texas and they took tons of pictures of the view from my kitchen window. I remember they commented that they would do dishes willingly if they had THAT to look at while standing at the kitchen sink.
I don't know if it was the way the sun was reflecting of off the snow or what, but, today I really looked out the window and was overcome by gratitude. I had to take this photo to remind myself to not take this view for granted.