Friday, December 16, 2016

Holiday Tradition in my little town

It's -3 as I write at near 3pm, the low tonight is forecast to be around -28. Not unusual for this time of year. As you've from recent pictures it's been snowing. Around 8" in the last day. It continues, that fine, almost powder sugar kind that skiiers love.

So what could be more natural for a community to do than carve ice sculptures?  All over the uptown area, several to the block, are these statues.







They usually last a month or so, and are displayed in front of the businesses that sponsor the sculptor. 





17 comments:

  1. Way cool! (No pun intended - honest.)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. No worries, Martha. I'd never get frosty with you.

      Delete
  2. Great work. Are the sculptors all local or not?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I know some are, a couple are also chefs at local restaurants.

      Delete
  3. Nifty. Reminds me of the snow sculptures up in Breckenridge. Those are about a month off, though.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I've seen pictures of those, some are huge. The biggest of these are around 3 feet tall or so.

      Delete
  4. love that type of art. Really makes the season festive.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Wonderful. I love when contrary seasons are embraced.
    XO
    WWW

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. 'Contrary' is right; this morning it was around 30 below, and my truck did now appreciate being asked to start.

      Delete
  6. Wow, that's really cool. I might be able to carve one today for my house if this cold spell keeps up. Won't look like these, however:-)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I looked on the web a bit ago; we are 40 degrees warmer than Barrow Alaska. The most northern town in North America, on the Arctic Ocean.

      Delete
  7. I love Butte, always something happening.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I imagine they make it worth the effort of donning your cold weather clothing. Really nice.

    When I was a kid there were old car races out on the frozen lake. Later on one would be left out there for people to bet on when it would sink.

    ReplyDelete