Angelmorphosis 5 – Suffering for art
Today was warm, getting up to about 50 degrees F. The poor lady angel suffered a lot today. I took a photo about 1 pm, which doesn’t show much difference from the one...
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Angelmorphosis 4 – Her trumpet is now a penny whistle
Took photos of the ice angel yesterday and today. Yesterday’s photo shows the sculpture intact but definitely changing. There are icicles on her toes and the edge of her sleeves. If you compare the...
Other side of my fence in March
The temperature got up to about 40 degrees today so I thought I’d take a few photos while there was still plenty of snow. The first photo is the neighbor’s side of our fence....
Angelmorphosis 3 – The meltdown has begun
The temperature finally got above freezing today (just barely)—enough to start melting along our eves. I walked down to the ice angel to see what was happening. There are little icicles starting to form...
Angelmorphosis 2 – Blue Angel ice sculpture
I thought the angel ice sculpture would have started morphing by now, but it has been a cold March–colder than usual. The warming sun hasn’t had much effect so far. Temperatures aren’t forecast to...
Angelmorphosis 1 – Changing Ice Sculpture
Late winter is ice carving time in Fairbanks. Right now the 2012 World Ice Art Championship is underway, but carvers have been producing ice sculptures around town since January. Ice angel earlier this month...
Winter Sunrise at Birch Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Clear and 20 degrees below zero. Life is good. I hiked up to Birch Hill Cemetery a couple of days ago to watch the sunrise. (Sunrise was at 10:15 am.) Birch hill is a...
Raven’s Brew tops Starbucks in Fairbanks
or maybe it should be “Raven’s Crew tops Starbucks.” Item – Ravens in Fairbanks, after a busy day of dumpster diving and food recycling, used to fly home to their roosts, which were...
Mining Camp Blacksmith Shop–Fairbanks Creek, Alaska
Side of blacksmith shop at Fairbanks Creek. I was out at an old mining camp north of Fairbanks when there was just a little snow on the ground (way before the current cold...
