Ten below and snow place to go

It might warm up to five below in the sun by noon today. If so I will move more snow for my next attempt at a snow sculpture, the first of 2022. As a hint beyond my usual one that “it will be white” I will give you the title I have in mind for it: 2021.

It is currently being given the snow I will need to proceed later in the week when it will be warm enough for me to “cook” my snow overnight so that I can sculpt it like clay rather than carve it like stone. Clay is a far more forgiving method of sculpting. What would Michelangelo have done had an errant tap with his chisel knocked of the nose of Jesus in the Pieta? I have only to make a snowball to a face and re-sculpt it.

My youngest grandson has been lobbying me to knock down the increasingly ratty looking Choral quintet from before Christmas. I have told him he will have to wait. At the moment I rather like having a permanant group of spectators watching as I add snow. I also think it would be fun to keep them in the watchful mode even after I complete my sculpture.

This is the clay model I made last night to speed up my sculpturing. Good luck figuring it out. I purposely made it very hard to blow up to get a good look at. I like to keep my projects secret till the passers-by can figure out for themselves what the devil has appeared on my doorstep.

About the author

Harry is a ferociously good natured eccentric in Duluth Minnesota who detests traitors dressed up as Uncle Sam. You can find somewhat better edited writings of his at the Duluth Reader "contributors." page. The URL is:

https://duluthreader.com/contributors/h/84/284-harry-welty