<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <STYLE type=text/css>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.5626" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you Steve...I am a big fan of your songs (as you know)...I just sang this at our family get together!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jan</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sgryc@comcast.net href="mailto:sgryc@comcast.net">sgryc@comcast.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geyser Observation Reports</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:29 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Re: Geyser Carol for 2008</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Dear All,<BR><BR>Yes, here is yet another seasonal tune that I have ripped off to add gazer-appropriate words.  This is something that I have been doing every year since posting "I'm Dreaming of a Mastiff Function" back in 1997.   Some dyspeptic critics find my poetry wanting, but others are so starved for geyser-related activities that they belt out these songs unmindful of their strained rhymes.  To the latter I send the following geyser carol along with my best wishes for a great year of geyser gazing in 2009.<BR><BR>Steve Gryc <BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR></SPAN></SPAN><BR>Silver Globes</SPAN><BR>(to the tune of “Silver Bells”)<BR><BR>Silver Globes, Silver Globes,<BR>It’s gazing time in the basin.<BR>Pool and Cave, please behave,<BR>Soon it will be closing day.<BR><BR>Basin boardwalks, busy boardwalks,<BR>Round with sinter all white<BR>In the air there’s the sweet smell of brimstone.<BR>Tourists shouting, gazers pouting<BR>>From the dawn to the night<BR>As they stare all day waiting to see,<BR><BR>Silver Globes, Silver Globes,<BR>It’s gazing time in the basin.<BR>Slit and Twin, please begin,<BR>Soon it will be closing day.<BR><BR></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR>Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>