January

<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.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/in"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>January</B>   |   <A HREF="december20072008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="December"><U>December</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> T<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Parisian BT" >he snow paints the fields...</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="189c80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                              <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >field</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> and the birds create patterns of their own...</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="189e80e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                 <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >        Bird tracks</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Ice begins to form above Beaver's dam...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18a080e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Parisian BT" >                                                   </FONT> Beaver dam</div> <bR> <bR> <div> and water flows in icy bubbling manes... </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="18a280e00.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> <div> between banks of glowing red and gold...</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18a688a60.jpg" border=0 width="904" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                                 <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" > stream bank</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> as ice jewels flash with dazzling brilliance!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18a788a60.jpg" border=0 width="904" height="678" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>                                                                                                <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >ice jewels</FONT>       <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Times New Roman" >              </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > *</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> As always, you can return to <A HREF="december20072008.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="December"><U>December</U></A>, to see the winged beings glide and the glowing warm harvest.  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> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="66733320.jpg" border=0 width="51" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                                                                                    <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/soundfiles/tibetananthem.rm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/so"><U><IMG SRC="167039330.gif" border=0 width="57" height="51" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT>  </div> <div>                                                         <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > * pictures courtesy of  A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions.  </FONT></div> <bR> <div>                                                                                                          </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>