In Ontario, we have relatively small ice sculptures, but in Quebec, they were made of snow… and huge! Granted we had quite a lot of snow this year so building material was cheap.
Oh, and in case you asked… yes, I tried the ice slide and trust me, it’s faster than it looks!
Wow, those are cool! Too bad they’re going to melt. Eventually…
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Whoa! Oh My GOSH!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes Zhu and this is paradise to me ya 😀 Thank you for sharing…how darn..sorry I miss Quebec last Nov 🙁
🙄 Oh, I´m so envy! 😀 Happy St.Valentine’s day!!!
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OMG! That brings a whole new meaning to building a snowman! 😆
Love the pics Zhu, brilliant as always!
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hehe! I always have problems to find the comment spot…. rrrgh but found it! inter there ehh? I love the snow, so wonderfull and clean (still now haha!) You gae agreat impression of the surrounding ZHU and I love your ‘adventures” and you blog, thanks for sharing,
HAPPY VALENTINE:)
TO YOU AND YOUR (far away?) FAMILY
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Great pics! (Forgive me if this is the second post…technical difficulties)
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Some of them are really intricate! I love the one of the house and the one below it (of the joker?); the artists are very skilled!
But I dont want to be anywhere close to ice and cold any longer. I want some sun now! And we are finally getting some in PUne now. 😀
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Oh wow! Those sculptures are amazing! It’s like you’re in a fantasy land! I can’t decide which one I like best, maybe the window with the things inside? Or the dwarf with some scarf flowing from its mouth?
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That slide looks like a lot of fun! And the sculptures are spectacular, there’s some real talent out there. 🙂
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Woah, they look amazing!
Who makes this stuff? How long does it take? Do they do it full time? Can they do my backyard? I’d like a big sculpture of a monkey.
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were you allowed to go inside that ice castle? that would be awesome! 😯
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@Art – I guess we still have a few weeks (months??) before they melt. It’s pretty cold right now…
@shionge – You’ll be back I’m sure! Canada in winter is something to experience, but it’s tough on you after a while.
@Inga Encinas – Happy Valentine’s day too! Don’t you have these in your town/city?
@princesse ecossaise – I should have added they were not mine I know, it’s nice eh? And they are huuuge!
@Through JoAnn’s D-Eyes NL – Living in Canada has its benefits! We try to enjoy winter time as much as we can 😉
@Gary – Ajax comments sometimes have a life on their own… I just deleted one comment 😉 You should go to Harbin see the real big ones!
@Shantanu – They are real piece of art! Winter is fun, but to be honest, I long for the summer too…
@Linguist-in-Waiting – I think the one which won the competition is the two hands with the Nunavut symbol in it. I must admit I left before the end of the votes… I was freezing!
@Theresa – Each sculpture represents a province, and most of time, the North wins… I guess it’s fair, they have a lifelong training up there!
@SilverNeurotic – Canadian artists!
@johnada – I actually forced my students to make them while reciting conjugation. It’s a new teaching method. And yes, we can all go to TO and make something in your backyard. Like a huge US flag for example?
WOW those sculptures are AMAZING!
Keshi.
Holy cow, what have I been missing! Amazing, I’ve never seen anything quite like that before … but why does no one use food coloring to color the snow sculptures there? Maybe that’s just a New England thing?
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SO COOL!!! I need to see that in person some day, it looks amazing 😀
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I’ve always been impressed by the talents of ice artists. Thank you for the pictures.
Also, congratulations for the new look of your blog, I LOVE it. Just, I miss your drawings but I’m sure you’ll make some more for the pleasure of our eyes.
🙂
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wow… fabulous.
I did visit Quebec during summer… Architecture were simply awesome.
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Ah c’est joli. And looks cold!
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That looks soooo cool (sorry had to say it)
Honestly i truly wish we could have snow like that.
For about a week.
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The sculptures are amazing! 😀
I want to try the slide too. 😛
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These are amazing. I really love the top right the best.
Great photos and amazing sculptures. Where was the one that you built? eh? 😆
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The four of us went to Ottawa and saw those snow sculptures. They were great, as usual – my favourite was the big skate – but I was disappointed because they only had a few! One for each province, I believe, at Jacques Cartier Park. When I lived in Ottawa, there used to be around a hundred, all done by different community organizations and groups of employees. They used to cover Dow’s Lake with them, and you could skate around and look at them all. I wonder why they stopped doing that?
Oh well, I should just enjoy the fact that there are any at all, I suppose. All the comments from your jealous readers are reminding me of that!
Yes, they don’t have them at Dow’s Lake anymore… although there are quite a few sculptures in Confederation Park.