Ahh… snow. I haven’t done too much this year since my cursed job interferes with most of the thing I’d like to be doing. But! When we lived in Norway we created a series of snow sculpture in the field behind out apartment. This was a particularly successful specimen. While we were building the snow sow, the background was dotted with rosy cheeked children on cross country skis.
We thought no one was paying too much attention to our antics (although Norwegians tend to regard adults who do silly things as peculiar decadent. Fun is intended only for those under 11) but when my husband attended a housing association meeting it turned out we were famous! It’s really nice when people compliment your snow pig.
Snow sow has charcoal eyes and nostrils, a twig tail, and humorous pinecone nipples. She was about 4 feet tall.
If you’re curious about living in Norway, I have a new essay up at http://www.thefoghornmagazine.com/ under the title The Whalebone Courtship.
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