Just something to think about...Bret wanted to make sure I noted that the sun did this to the igloo...it has nothing to do with his workmanship...Guess this is spring in the mountains. Kind of like the great spring flower photos we keep seeing...just different.
Sabine has her own style of skiing...Vivian had given up on her skis... Vivian...not so sure about the igloo... And just in case you haven't gotten enough of the igloo-cam...
Here are a few night time photos...yes, that's a decorative door way...made with snow packed in the wading pool, with an ice "gargoyle" type of thing on top. Bret took a light into the igloo...very cool glow! Happy daddy... ...and even happier Sabine! The pile of small blocks in front of her are "supplies" because a "storm" is coming and the leopard seals (or something!) come out after the storm and will eat you if you go outside of the igloo. Consider yourself warned. BTW, the large block of snow behind Sabine is the TV. Thank goodness.
This is how Bret began our igloo. Mining blocks from all the snow that's fallen off the North roof of our house.
He painstakingly set up a circle (using a stake in the ground and some rope, spray painted with surveyors' paint) and added a doorway...and began stacking blocks. While trying to figure out how to build it up, he found the following video (it's long...but extremely valuable...great music...and it's from CANADA! Hey, if anyone should know igloos, they should, right?)
Ahhhh...the magic of the upward spiral, and building in the correct direction -- apparently there's a right and a left handed version. Maybe next time...The Eskimos did their whole igloo in 1.5 hours...Bret's took...a little longer (well, it's not done yet)...he says he scratched his head for that long...just trying to figure out how to do it...
