OZARK SNOW 

As the "chief cook and bottle washer" at Gozarks: Everything Ozarks, I have developed a craving for "images." Pretty pictures of everything related and pertaining to life in this neck of the woods. So when snow accumulated to a goodly depth on February 5 and 6, 2002, I sent 'round a gentle request to an eclectic list of friends, begging the indulgence of a favor.

My hope was that some of of these folks would grab a few picture picture perfect photos of these wondrous wintertime woods, creeks, animals and people playing, bucolic vistas, etc...... and grant permission for me to use these on Gozarks or on the Fairfield Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Website, or in conjunction with one of the other Websites I design. Well...

Being the wonderful people they are, a steady stream of excellent images have been flowing  into my Inbox. A sampling of these are posted here for everyone to enjoy. And, as I wend my way through the days, weeks and months of updating pages for the various organizations I serve, some of these same photos (with proper credit to the photographers) will be posted... along with a huge bushel of thanks.

The first two come from the Russellville area, courtesy of Ralph McCormick, editor/publisher of Fly-Low:

The photo at left comes from Dr. Herschel Raney of Conway. The doggie catching the snowball is named Percy. Herschel is the author of "Random Natural Acts."

The 5 photos that follow come from the top of Holley Mountain, right here in Van Buren County. The scenes show off the winter wonderland at the residential aviation community being created there. It's called Holley Mountain Airpark. The 5th one down is my personal favorite.