December

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=105 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="november2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="November"><U>November</U></A>   |   <A HREF="october2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="October"><U>October</U></A>   |   <A HREF="september2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September"><U>September</U></A>   |   <A HREF="august2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="August"><U>August</U></A>   |   <A HREF="july2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="July"><U>July</U></A>   |   <A HREF="june2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="June"><U>June</U></A>   |   <A HREF="may2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May"><U>May</U></A>   |   <A HREF="april2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="April"><U>April</U></A>   |   <A HREF="march2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="March"><U>March</U></A>   |   <A HREF="february2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="February"><U>February</U></A>   |   <A HREF="january2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="January"><U>January</U></A>   |   <B>December</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> W<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Parisian BT" >inter has come but no snow falls beneath the pine trees...</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="169780e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                              <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >pine tree</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> yet the stream paints patterns below...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="169580e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                       <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >stream</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> the spirit trees rest beside the stream here ...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="168080e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                 <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >spirit trees</FONT></div> <bR> <div> and there...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="168180e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                        <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >spirit tree</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> as the studio glows in auburn light...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="167488a60.jpg" border=0 width="904" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                                 studio</div> <bR> <bR> <div> and the quiet wait continues.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="167a88a60.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> <bR> <bR> <div> As always, you can return to <A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.info/thismonth/2006/november2006.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.info/t"><U>November</U></A> to see the mushrooms return and the fruit of the Medlar tree. Our prayer flag yet flies in the wind; you can click <A NAME="prayerflag"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> <A HREF="prayerflag.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prayer flag"><U>here</U></A> to see it! Then too, you can accompany me as we continue on with work on  <A HREF="http://www.windhorseproject.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.windhorseproject.org"><U>A Windhorse Project</U></A> which continues as always! </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                                    </div> <div>  </div> <div>        <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Times New Roman" >                                                                                      </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                         <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > * pictures courtesy of  A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions.  </FONT></div> <div>                                                                                                          </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>