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It warmed up to a balmy +17f (-8c) so I took Harry out for a walk at our favorite area, Far North Bicentennial Park. Very beautiful sunset, very quiet, and still a little cold! :)

And I do mean "Hope!" I know Spring is coming... they said so on the evening news last night, so you know it's true! :)

I took this shot out my backdoor from the ice/snow overhand on our roof.

This is Kona, a Tricolor Collie, and Toby, a Yellow Lab. These are Harry's brother and sister!

While Harry is the unchallenged Alpha Dog in our four-dog pack (We also have a female Skipperke), Kona is the Alpha Female.

Anyway, this photograph clearly shows Kona instructing Toby about his place in the pack. Toby listens respectfully!

Pretty much all dog packs and all wolf packs have an Alpha pair and an Omega member. The Omega member is the lowest ranked in the pack. Toby is our Omega Dog.

Now outside his pack, Toby can be pretty assertive out in the world with other dogs. He will stand his ground even with larger, more dominant dogs but in his pack, he is Omega.

I know you're getting tired of snow and trees... god knows I am! :) But it's all I've got in the natural world here right now. When Spring comes, I promise more variety.

Tonight we have our lowest temperature forecast for this Winter, -25F. (-32C). So, if I don't post again, you'll know why. I'm frozen in front of my computer, forever staring at my Flickr Photostream page! :)

We've been in a cold spell for some time now. Many days do not get above 0 degrees during the day and -15f or more at night. I think our frigid weather motivated this photograph ...and to Vicky in Fairbanks, I know, this isn't really "cold!" :) ....

Sorry to be off-line a few days but I'm totally revamping my computer system and switching to a Mac computer. I don't take 'brands' very seriously but I thought I'd give a Mac a try for a while. But I'm up and running again...