Seasonal View

When we were looking at land to purchase, it always cracked me up to read about "seasonal views" or "winter views" - and of course that's what we've got right now. We probably won't do anything to change that anytime soon - maybe trim some branches to open it up a little, but nothing too drastic. The leaves come in at the perfect time to keep the late-day western sun's heat off of the house (we've got lots of exposures, obviously, and direct sun could really be an issue in the summer, I think). But we would like to keep some of this nice view of the ridge to the northwest and the notch to the west where the sun sets: