<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Croobie;
panose-1:0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal>It’s me again – Norm!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This is my second winter, so I know a little about this winter
stuff. I remember the cold air, I remember the wind, I remember the
snow! But yesterday, all sorts of things fell out of the sky that I haven’t
seen before. I think Mother Nature has gone wacko! It all started
with big fluffy snow flakes – that was cool. Did you know that if
you hang out your tongue, you can catch the snow flakes? So, it snowed a
little while and got about 4 inches deep while I was taking a nap –
really! Then, the snow changed into something else – kind of like
snow-rain – SNAIN! Yeah – snain! It was really cold
too! Then ice started falling from the sky – mom says that was
sleet. Then the wind started blowing, the trees started crackling
and groaning, and branches started falling out of the sky. And I don’t
mean little twigs – I mean GIANT size logs – so big that Mom and
Dad had to work together to get them out to the burning pit. We stayed in
the house – Mom said she didn’t one of us getting impaled by a
branch. I don’t know what impaled means but I was happy to stay
inside – those trees sounded scary. Finally, things quit falling
from the sky and I went outside. Oh my – did I have a surprise –
Mother Nature turned my yard into an ice skating area. The sidewalks have
2 inches of ice on them, my rocks are coated with ice, we have serious poopsicles
(yummy!), even the snow is covered with ice. You can even walk ON TOP of
the snow – if you can keep your four paws underneath you!!
Now I know what I want for Christmas --- Santa, please bring me some ice
skates! I need four of them in basset size 2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>FW: [BassetShowring] Permission to Crosspost-Drools to ya!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Croobie'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Norm (and the rest of the Red Bay Gang)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Grady, Hoagie, Johnny & Opie<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg - Mom to the Red Bay Basset Boys<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>