
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">Snow Sculptures </span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">by Marilyn Lott</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It was white and fresh and new </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As it blanketed the land </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It looked like delicious sculptures </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So refreshing and so grand</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Everyone took a deep breath </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As they ventured outside that day </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Beautiful, it was beyond words </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Some wished that it could stay </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Tree’s were dressed for winter </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">With their snowy over-coats </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">They looked just like a postcard </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Or a Christmas card someone wrote </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As I walked along I noticed </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">A picnic table there </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So thick and white and lovely </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Why, I really had to stare </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Oh, you should have seen, my friend </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The frozen pond just beyond </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ducks were trying to swim </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Not knowing if they belonged </span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It was a day I’ll long remember </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">For it captured my heart for sure </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">That day amidst the winter </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As I enjoyed the snow sculptures!</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>