as many of you know, we've had a ton of snow over the last few weeks (and that's an understatement
)...every year around this time one of the malls near my work uses its parking lot to host an annual snow carving competition and the some of the sculptures are simply stunning!
the competition was actually last weekend and i meant to take my camera then, but i forgot...during the week i don't usually leave work until after dark, so it would have been pointless but today as i was on my way out the door, i grabbed it so i could stop on my way home....
we had a little bit of rain this week, so some of them have wilted a bit but overall they still look pretty phenomenal...i took multiples of a several of them, some from slightly different angles and by the time i had made my way through the display, my fingers were almost frozen so some of them may be a little shaky...and yay for the sun finally coming out today, though tonight we're supposed to get freezing rain and 12-15 more inches of snow on the 'morrow...anyway, enjoy...
the first one is a group of 4 penguins, this was further along in the exhibit and i was already pretty frozen myself, so i didn't get the two along the backside:
this one is of a father helping his young son build a rocketship:
an asian couple:
he's got the whole world on his shoulders:
the next two are of a bear family with a sealion at their feet
this is of an eagle soaring over the world...it's not in the rest of the display but rather on the corner out in front of the mall...i snapped this as i was turning the corner...surprised it came out at all considering i was looking at the road and just put the camera out the window and pressed the button:
a tribute for the soldiers, they are surrounded by peace lillies, there is a face on all three sides and the caption below reads "thank you":
there's more to follow...