DH said that he wanted to live here the minute he encountered the driveway, long before he even saw the house. Sure it requires 4-wheel drive in snow and once the satellite dish guy got stuck but it is such a fun roller-coaster of a driveway.
Here's the view from the driveway:

The view toward our house:

And the view away from our house:

I should have the balaclava pattern posted by early next week. I'm also working on two knitting pattern booklets for the Lulu store - one on mittens and one with some easy colorwork patterns (no shaping or other techniques necessary) for beginners.