February

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=125 BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="b15fe891egdypo.jpg"> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66CCCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Nature and Spirit   </B></FONT><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="november2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November"><U>November</U></A>   |   <A HREF="october2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="October"><U>October</U></A>   |   <A HREF="september2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September"><U>September</U></A>   |   <A HREF="august2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="August"><U>August</U></A>   |   <A HREF="july2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="July"><U>July</U></A>   |   <A HREF="june2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="June"><U>June</U></A>   |   <A HREF="may2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May"><U>May</U></A>   |   <A HREF="april2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April"><U>April</U></A>   |   <A HREF="march2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March"><U>March</U></A>   |   <B>February</B>   |   <A HREF="january2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January"><U>January</U></A>   |   <A HREF="december20042005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="December"><U>December</U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Parisian BT" >T</FONT>he stream flows from beneath the melting ice...                               </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13bc88a60.jpg" border=0 width="904" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >                                                                                                                                </FONT></div> <div>                                                          stream </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> as the field gleams with icy finery ...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13be88a60.jpg" border=0 width="904" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                          <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >field</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> sycamores rest in the cold of winter... </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                            </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13ba88a60.jpg" border=0 width="904" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">              </div> <div>                                                                <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" > sycamore trees</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> as the quiet wait  continues.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="13bd88a60.jpg" border=0 width="904" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                           <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" > cherry tree                                                                 </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > *</FONT></div> <div>             </div> <bR> <div> As always, you can return to <A HREF="january2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January"><U>January</U></A> to see the snow return and the stream's icy splendor.   Then too, you can accompany me as we continue on with work on  <A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/id"><U>A Windhorse Project</U></A> which continues as always! </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                                           </div> <bR> <div>                                                         <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > * pictures courtesy of  A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                         <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >  </FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>