Neat-o!

That is Cheating!!!!!!!

Maggie ---

Darryl --- Mark says "Cheating is the Appalachian way." Then he backpedaled and said, "No, I mean, getting it done in a practical, down to earth way!"

(And, yes, Mark and I do compete to see who can get the most comments on their post. I didn't think this would be such a forerunner!)

Might be "cheating", but it's pretty all the same.

Mark has a knack for capturing beautiful scenes.

I'm showing this to my daughter -- pretty sure she'll need help lifting up the sculptures but that she'll be making them all over the place! Maybe she can do miniature versions.

As Mark said, the great thing about ice sculptures is that anyone can do it. And they melt before you get sick of them...

A few weeks after reading this post I was plinking around our (recently finished) composting toilet and found a bucket with ice in the bottom. It occurred to me to christen our new building so, taking your idea and chipping out some letters with a screwdriver we now have a handy winter sign marking "The Loo" (I used dirt in the grooves for contrast) It will hold up for another month at least up here in Northwest Wisconsin

This is wonderful! It makes me want to make it easier for folks to post photos so we can see these ice sculptures in action.