A more healthy diet?

They say eating more veggies is good for your health. Wonder if these count?

Clean and shiny

Thought you might enjoy a break from all the snow sculptures. I mean, how many times can you comment "Amazing sculpture!"?

A necessary task of the homeowners with a well and septic system is having the septic tank cleaned every few years. Two layers of Topaz filters added. I like what Topaz did to the truck exhaust colors.

"V" is for . . .

Viking!

This sculpture was probably 6 feet tall. Amazing.

To answer some of the questions, I believe the teams had 48 hours to complete their work. Many teams pulled all-nighters, but the high-school entrants had to go home at 11PM. (Their starting blocks of snow were smaller). This year presented almost ideal conditions, and we were lucky enough to go through the displays about an hour after sculptors completed their work. Some years, by the time we get down there, our typical late-January warmup has caused softening of the detail.

Architectural Digest will be by in the morning

I enjoyed how true to outhouse architecture this snow sculpture stayed - right down to the clapboard siding, shingled roof, and moon on the door!

Strike up the band!

This penguin throws back his head in joy as he creates music on his snowy drum.

He's perched high atop yesterday's bear, as you can see when the full sculpture is revealed.

Let's get to the point

One detail that amazed me about this snow sculpted polar bar were his pointed claws, made of ice.

Several of you have asked the size of these sculptures. The were carved from solid, packed blocks of snow that were (can't recall exactly) somewhere between 6 and 7 feet tall. This bear was on a block of snow, and its back was probably about 3 feet off the ground. There was more above him...you'll see it tomorrow!

She's such a little angel...

...fish.