Winter in The Realm

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It's turned into my favorite season of the year. Oh, yeah, it gets cold, nasty, wet, miserable, hateful... but there's really not <I>that</I> many of those days -considering what say, the folks in Minnesota get to endure!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d22cc80.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="200" ALT="Spring has Sprung!" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>     Yep, both pictures were taken in the same month! The ice storm hit at the beginning of March and by the end of March, Spring was in full bloom! </div> <bR> <div>      Season changes seem to change in the blink of an eye! One day you're looking at the heart of Winter, white fluffy stuff is falling from the sky and you're simmering a pot of soup on the back burner; the next day you're just as likely to be wishing you'd never worn that jacket and think you'll have to turn the air conditioner on! You never put away "seasonal" clothes, you keep 'em where they're handy! ;o)  You're just as likely to need those sweat suits in July as you are to need those shorts & tee in January!</div> <bR> <div>      The fur kids absolutely love Winter - especially snow falls! It's the only time I open the door and let them go! And boy, do they ever GO! LOL </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2d513d10.jpg" border=0 width="275" height="209" ALT="Daffodil ~ 23 February 1991" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> These beauties were blooming in the courtyard</div> <div> 23 February 1991</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></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= 739 ><NOBR><div> Winter 1996</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d659dc0.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="220" ALT="Winter 1996" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d95ed40.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="212" ALT="Winter 1996" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2da56d30.jpg" border=0 width="342" height="211" ALT="Winter 1996" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e690100.png" border=0 width="400" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></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= 701 ><NOBR><div> Winter 1997</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d8e5e20.jpg" border=0 width="485" height="226" ALT="Winter 1997" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2dc2cd10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="209" ALT="Flame Bush in snow" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Flame Bush in snow</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2db2cc50.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="197" ALT="Winter 1997" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></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="494" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1260 WIDTH="486"><div> <B>02 January 2002</B></div> <bR> <div>      This was, at least for me!, a delightful snow storm. I gathered up The Girls and my camera and headed into Realm Woods, whooping and grinning my way through the falling snow. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2e2eb610.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="353" ALT="Creek entering The Realm" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2e3e6590.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="345" ALT="Creek" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The creek as it comes into and meanders through</div> <div> The Realm</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2e7eb9d0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="157" ALT="Midway Peninsula" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2e6eb9d0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="157" ALT="North Peninsula" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The Midway and North peninsulas</div> <bR> <div>      My little creek meanders along the bottom of the ravine and has created several small peninsulas, these are two of them. The South peninsula is where the Pinxter Flower lives and it's already beginning to show fat little buds (in January)! </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2e8a4180.jpg" border=0 width="420" height="280" ALT="Frosted Ivy" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> After the snow left, the cold set in and left the ivy touched with frost.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Realm Adoptions"><U><IMG SRC="433a0280.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>