Actually it was rather warm this day. So warm, in fact, that the ice sculptures were wilting and falling before our eyes. Many of them fell, if not moments after I took pictures, then by the time we left. It was around 45 degrees, and that is not conducive to ice sculptures.
I think it was called unicorns of the odyssey…notice…no horns! The sphere had also fallen by the time we left.
I don’t think the wing-ed bird liked my camera. A wing fell off seconds after I pressed the shutter.
There were small broken pieces around this one, so not sure what it all looked like. The one next to it was in a pile of unrecognizable ice.
Then later after we got home, the kids and I went for a little walk. I hadn’t been to the lake since the Fall, so I thought it might be nice to go there and take pictures. Someone had taken some of the snow off and made an ice skating area. We walked on the ice, and it was pretty thick. Except where it started cracking when I walked on it. Walk faster kids…get over there!
They were checking out the minnows frozen in the ice. It was just a little grody.
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What cold do you have to share today? 🙂
Those ice sculptures are really neat. It’s a shame they were all melting and falling down. All that work … a bit like sand castles, I guess !!
Beautiful sculptures.
The ice scupltures are incredible! Who cares if they broke later – you had already captured them forever on your camera. 🙂 The lake pictures bring back memories…I grew up next to a small lake and remember many times just like that! I also remember times the ice wasn’t quite as thick as we thought…whoops!
Here’s my entry:
http://momology.blogspot.com/2009/02/baby-its-not-cold-outside.html
Gr8 pics Stacey: the ice sculptures are cool. Kinda made me think of the circle of life. the last one is my favorite. Nothing quite like brother and sister exploring their world:o)
even a bit melty, those ice scupltures are gorgeous! you may have to kick me out of theme thursday after this week…i’ve been disobedient again ;)…
http://www.mentalinventory.blogspot.com/
WOW! Those are amazing sculptures!! LOVE it!!
Once again, if I get my act together…. I will post a chilly photo, later. lol
Oh, those are beautiful and I love the shot of the kids on the ice…frozen minnows, ewwww 🙂
No Theme Thursday post today but my last one stated clearly why I don’t have anything to add.
Umm and 45′ is warm…oh dear!
Great shots. Especially with the story behind the ice sculptures – really made you feel like you were looking at something so fragile and special!
And of course any kiddo would think that frozen minnows are groovy! 🙂
I love the last shots of the kids on the frozen lake.
Here’s mine:
http://www.newgreenmama.com/2009/02/break-from-cold.html
Your ice sculpture pics are neat. I remember seeing some in Chicago for some winter festival and the amount of time and effort that goes into making those details you know is just going to melt away is amazing.
Although cracking ice and frozen minnows I could have passed on too. 😉
I can’t remember if I mentioned bandit’s name or not. Although the bigger he gets the more he reminds me of blue heeler/red heeler cross. His red is really starting to come out. Dad’s australian shepard genes seem to be all recessive.
I had my ultrasound today and there wasn’t a chilly thing about it. So that’s what up for Thursday.
http://www.killlashandra.org/wordpress/?p=1567
What a neat display of ice sculptures – the melting means warmer weather for you – YEA!!!
Cracking ice under foot can be a little unsettling I suspect!
I mostly have a story for “cold” today 🙂
http://bethathome.blogspot.com/
Ah man…it is Thursday! I’m s far behind in this week. Plus, you know, not a lot of cold going on around here!
I’ll just live vicariously (and from the warmth of my patio) through your gorgeous photos today!
How cool though! (pun not intended). Ice sculptures are amazing.
Here’s mine today. (I know, I actually got to participate in Theme Thursday again! Woot!)
http://justaddcolor.blogspot.com/2009/02/theme-thursday-baby-its-cold-inside.html
Glad you got a little break in the weather, even if it was at the expense of the ice sculptures! You are brave folks indeed, for walking out on that pond. I have a sizable fear of both drowning to death and freezing to death, so that kind of situation would be unbearable for me!
Anyway, just in time for Theme Thursday we got a nice, big snow storm! Enjoy!
I finally was able to get my stuff together and participate today. What a great way to celebrate the cold rather than complain about it (as I have been know to do). I love the ice sculptures. Too bad they didn’t have a day where it was just a couple of degrees cooler:)
Oh I love those last ice shots, the perspective is perfect. And I’ve always wanted to secretly carve ice. Those are amazing.
PS … don’t know if you come back to check for an answer if you ask one … but I just answered your tooth fairy one in my comments. I never know where to answer questions … in my comments or in the person asking’s comments !!! 🙂
Those ice sculptures are incredible. Wow! I don’t even like Pennsylvania cold – I can’t even imagine how you tolerate your kind of cold out there. I guess you must get used to it after awhile. Brrr!
You can check out my cold weather pics at Aperture of My Eye
I actually made it to TT this week – woot!
Those ice sculptures look pretty cool, despite their mid-melt.
Here’s my cold pic:
http://www.cancio.org/blog/?p=2299
Awesome ice sculptures. I can’t believe they are melted and broke by the time you left there.
Had a few minutes so I’m trying to catch up on your blog. 🙂 I wanna see the ‘grody’ minnows stuck in the ice!
It’s not really ‘winter’ here anymore so I don’t have any new ‘chilly’ pictures… but here’s one of some frost I took when it was still chilly.
http://www.dolcepics.com/dailypic/veiny-detail/
I’ve been trying to keep the macro on the camera these days.
I have never actually seen an ice sculptor. It makes my laugh to think of them melting.
Cold? What cold? This weekend is slated to be a recordbreaker in our state. Hitting 47C in some parts. That’s 116.6F. I need more pics like those to survive. :p
Whoops…forgot to include…those sculptures are amazing! I don’t think I’ve ever actually managed to see anything like that in person before!
Yikes! I would have freaked out at cracking ice!! Love the pics of the kiddos – such curiosity!
Those are amazing — great shots!