Here in Michigan, we have festivals
in the winter and this one,
held every year in Frankenmuth
is dedicated to
SNOW!
Zehnder's SnowFest is celebrating
20 years this week.
I remember taking the kids back
when it first started.
It was TEN degrees!
Even our eyeballs were cold.
That's Sonny (I think!) feeling his way out
of the snow slide tunnel, but his eyeballs were warm.
The only place to warm up was
snuggling with a snowman.
That's 5 year old Lindsay with
cousin Kevin.
Fortunately, they had kiddie things
like rides, just like a
summer festival.
Doesn't this look like fun?
Sonny was still not showing his eyeballs.
I pretty much remember
freezing my tushie off that cold day.
Yesterday, it was a balmy 29-degrees,
so with the first blue sky in a week,
I ventured over to SnowFest
with my camera.
Snow sculptors come from all over the world
to compete.
It's fun and interesting to watch them create
their masterpieces.
Nobody is too young or old to play with snow...
that's the rule in Michigan.
This eagle was my favorite snow sculture.
The festival also features
ICE CARVING.
I really enjoyed hanging out with these guys...
They were creating a "Roaring 20s" exhibit
from 100 blocks of ice!
And, ice carvings lined Main Street.
Sculptors competed at the state, college and high school
and children's levels in various parking lots.
I enjoyed the enthusiasm of the
teen snow sculptors.
The best part...
EVERYONE
was glowing with pride at their creations.
The best way to warm the heart...
5 comments:
I miss you Ms Jill! I'm back! Wow those ice/snow carvings are awesome! You know what, I'm having the time of my life with snow storms here in the East Coast. LOL ) it's like telling me Welcome to New England! So much for my first winter here. Anyway, it took me a while to get back. Was so busy. But I'm here now, ready to roll once again! Miss you Ms jill and everybody! keep in touch. Happy New Year!
Janz, PLEASE take pictures of your snow and post them on your blog!
WOW I'm blown away, these are amazing. I've got to agree the eagle is my favourite too and the football one is pretty topical. On the downside however, these really do put my crappy little snowman to shame...
Didn't you have a go Jill?
Great sculptures! I read similar blog story that featured China having sculpture contest like this. So, this is it! Snow and ice let these young ones show off their talents, huh?:)
The snow sculptures are most impressive, so were the ice carvings.I didn't know Frankenmuth had a festival. We are going to try to make it to Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival(Upper Peninsula of MI) on Valentine's Day Weekend.(provided the weather isn't too bad). They too, put out some incredible masterpieces.
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