December continued

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=125 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="b15fe891ezvthe.jpg"> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66CCCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Nature and Spirit   </B></FONT><B>|  </B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/in"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="november2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November"><U>November</U></A>   |   <A HREF="october2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="October"><U>October</U></A>   |   <A HREF="september2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September"><U>September</U></A>   |   <A HREF="august2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="August"><U>August</U></A>   |   <A HREF="july2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="July"><U>July</U></A>   |   <A HREF="june2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="June"><U>June</U></A>   |   <A HREF="may2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May"><U>May</U></A>   |   <A HREF="april2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April"><U>April</U></A>   |   <A HREF="march2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March"><U>March</U></A>   |   <A HREF="february2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February"><U>February</U></A>   |   <A HREF="january2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January"><U>January</U></A>   |   <B>December continued</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> The <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Parisian BT" >snow continues to fall...</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c1e87a60.jpg" border=0 width="903" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                                                                                                                </div> <div>                                                            <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >snow on hill       </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> as   the stream flows through a land of white...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c2087a60.jpg" border=0 width="903" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                           <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >stream</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   grass and wildflowers rest beneath the snow in the Grove...  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >          </FONT></div> <div>                                                                                            </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c1c87a60.jpg" border=0 width="903" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                 <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >  snow in grove</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> and snow covered trees reach into intense blue winter skies.   </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c2287a60.jpg" border=0 width="903" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                                                  trees</div> <div>             </div> <bR> <bR> <div> You can always return to <A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/december20022003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/de"><U>D</U></A><A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/december20022003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/de"><U>ecember</U></A> as the stream freezes and our first prayer flag rises to the wind.  Or you can accompany me as <A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/id"><U>A Windhorse Project</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT> continues! Then too, there are the <A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.info/daybyday/id347.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.info/d"><U>Skies of winter</U></A> to look upon as we continue through the winter,  and our  <A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.info/daybyday/id378.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.info/d"><U>A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal show</U></A> to go to.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                            </div> </td> </tr></table></body>