Spring in The Realm

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0968dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>Unless otherwise noted, all images and text on this site are my own creations.</B></div> <div> <B>Please do not infringe</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="371960f0.png" border=0 width="150" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Please sign one of our Guest Registers </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://pub39.bravenet.com/guestbook/show.php?usernum=3286124372&cpv=1/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pub39.bravenet.com/guestbook/show"><U><B>Bravenet Guest Register</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control.guest?u=thisildorealm&i=2&a=sign" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://htmlgear.lycos.com/guest/control."><U><B>htmlGear Guest Register</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <embed src="HTMLobj-1483/Ode_to_Spring_1__1_.mid" autostart="true" width="145" height="70">  </B></div> <div> Ode to Spring </div> <div> Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)</div> <div> Midi courtesy of: <A HREF="http://www.na.rim.or.jp/~makoyan/#Other%20Classical%20Midi" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.na.rim.or.jp/~makoyan/#Other%"><U>MAKOYAN'S CLASSICAL & RECORDER MIDI PAGE </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="171" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#336633" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 113 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="27843630.gif" border=0 width="67" height="99" ALT="Spring Fae" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Spring Fae</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://fortunecity.com/millennium/sat/53/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://fortunecity.com/millennium/sat/53"><U><B><IMG SRC="2795c2b0.png" border=0 width="92" height="43" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3834b860.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B>     </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=98 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0978dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336633" FACE="Arial" ><B>Thisildo Realm</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thisildo Realm"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Spring in The Realm</B>   |   <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Summer in The Realm"><U>Summer in The Realm</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Autumn in The Realm"><U>Autumn in The Realm</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Winter in The Realm"><U>Winter in The Realm</U></A></div> <bR> <div> back to  <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seasons of The Realm"><U><B>Seasons of The Realm</B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Map"><U><B>Site Map</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=382 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0978dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>Spring in The Realm</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="494" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 798 WIDTH="486"><div> <IMG SRC="2632ccb0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="203" ALT="Creek melt" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">The land is coming back from the dark, cold time and bursting out of tree branch and patch of ground, filled with the joy of life. Simply an awesome season!</div> <bR> <div> The Spring of 2001 seemed to burst into life right before our very eyes! We had the feeling that Mother Nature was working overtime to catch up after the very long, cold Winter finally relented and gave up in late March.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="264c8d60.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="470" ALT="Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">   All of us in Thisildo Realm rejoice at the coming of Spring. Months of cold and short days sends us scurrying for the great outdoors the moment the thermometer closes in on forty degrees! Of course, after a few days in the 80s, forty ceases to "warm"! </div> <bR> <div>      With camera slung over my shoulder and The Girls with their noses to the ground, we wander the trails and delight in all the joys of Spring. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> << Common Dandelion</div> <div> (Taraxacum officinale)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="404" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3b0f51c0.gif" border=0 width="245" height="284" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/mysite/index2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/mysite/inde"><U><IMG SRC="38188440.jpg" border=0 width="136" height="68" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Some of the Store-bought Plants</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="494" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1041 WIDTH="486"><div> These are some of the store-bought plants that have and are still (in some cases) gracing The Realm with their colors and fragrances.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2683a930.jpg" border=0 width="314" height="147" ALT="Tulip Bed 2001" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0">Spring 2001 >></div> <div> <B>My first Tulip Bed -well, actually, it's the first flower bed I actually "prepared" the way it should be done!</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="269bb160.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="278" ALT="Swan Wings" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> << Swan Wings</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="26adb920.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="146" ALT="Sorbet" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                           ^^</B> Sorbet</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="26bb7120.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="274" ALT="THE Begonia" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> THE Begonia >></div> <div> <B>I'd had this plant for eight years and really thought I killed it when it got left outdoors over two frosty nights in early December. In late January, I noticed a tiny green shoot in the pot I'd discarded and discovered it was trying to make a come back! Just four months later and we have a beautiful plant again! :D</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="281f5080.jpg" border=0 width="245" height="264" ALT="Bradford Pear blossoms" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Bradford Pear blossoms</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="340" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 149 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="26cc3820.png" border=0 width="195" height="130" ALT="Birdhouse" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/d2adoptions" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/d2adoptions"><U><IMG SRC="26d4f4f0.png" border=0 width="79" height="79" ALT="Birdhouse Certificate" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="479" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 368 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3b25bdf0.gif" border=0 width="347" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://skewty.lewnet.org " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://skewty.lewnet.org "><U><IMG SRC="3b39e850.gif" border=0 width="158" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="494" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 876 WIDTH="486"><div> <B>Some of the Wild Stuff</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="26fdb920.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="146" ALT="Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Catesby's Trillium</div> <div> (Trillium catesbaei)</div> <div> <B>Until Spring 2002, there was only one of these beautiful plants in all The Realm. The newest one is located not far from the creek.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="270c82c0.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="300" ALT="Heal-all (Prunella vilgaris)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Heal-all<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#336633" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > </FONT></div> <div> (Prunella vilgaris)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>There's </B><I><B>lots</B></I><B> of this growing almost everywhere in The Realm</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="27114ba0.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="186" ALT="Blackberry blossom" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Blackberry blossom</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2722ccb0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="203" ALT="Pointed Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Pointed Blue-eyed </div> <div> Grass<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#336633" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > </FONT></div> <div> (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="494" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1648 WIDTH="486"><div> <IMG SRC="273e5510.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="337" ALT="Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Honeysuckle >> </div> <div> (Lonicera japonica)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="274b8120.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="274" ALT="Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> << Red Clover<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#336633" FACE="Trebuchet MS" > </FONT></div> <div> (Trifolium pratense)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="275aaf60.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="246" ALT="White Clover (Trifolium repens)" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> White Clover >></div> <div> (Trifolium repens)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="29ef5ec0.jpg" border=0 width="245" height="236" ALT="White Clover ~ May 1991" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> << White Clover</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="276b7100.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="272" ALT="Wild Onion" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Wild Onion >></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2772cec0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="236" ALT="Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <<</div> <div> Queen Anne's Lace </div> <div> (Daucus carota)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2cadc5a0.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="346" ALT="New Fern" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> New Ferns</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2cbf5240.jpg" border=0 width="245" height="292" ALT="New Ferns" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>