hee hee hee. :)

The artic blast is making some folks happy. It finally got cold enough here to start harvesting 20" ice from the lake Phalen and building the Winter Carnival Ice Palace. There's a web cam, you can kinda see whats going on here It built totally by volunteers, who have been working into the night.

There're flatbeads of huge blocks, and they use a blowtorch to melt it together. Its going to be one you can actually go inside, which hasnt been the case for several years.

That's cool (no pun) Warch. The 2 1/2 minute animation (40meg) of what they plan to do is beautiful. Colored searchlights INSIDE one of the ice buildings, sparkling trees, a fountain alternating water and fire. There was only a few people but 1 on crutches, 2 with walkers and 2 in wheelchairs. They're really stressing handicapped access. Must be Federal money involved. :)

No, just a lot of old farts in Saint Paul! Truely, the carnival has huge appeal for seniors that have fond memories from childhood. The last one you could walk through was built in the 40s or 50s I think. There is all this King and Queen of snows stuff, Klondike Kate, traditional characters, the Vulcans dressed like devils going around kissing women- Hey I think we found a role for you...

Thanks. I wanted to be on a role.:)

The palace... She is finished. Check out that web cam again... Pretty cool. Just in time for the NHL All Star game and circus!

Here comes the snow...

That's amazing! No wonder the last one this big was before I was born.:)

Tuesday Night
Snow...heavy at times. Accumulation of 7 to 10 inches possible. Lows in the mid teens. East winds 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest shortly after midnight.

:) nice

It's not snowing in MN.

It's also not snowing in Philadelphia.

The "Wintry Mix" was supposed to start around 1800 hrs (ET) here. I'm not complaining at the lack of snow, mind you .. but it is disconcerting to be all ready for it, to have plenty of bread and milk and eggs ... spare ice scraper in the car, full tank of gas ...

Shit, the way this is looking every damn high school student in the area has a test tomorrow that they didn't study for.

It's old news but we hit -40 here, without windchill. When I was walking to class I thought my throat was going to freeze shut. Now were keeping right around a nice comfortable 20 degrees during the day at about 0 at night.