When I wrote my post about construction of the Alaska Highway I mentioned the “Northern Staging Route,” the series of airfields through which military aircraft were ferried from the U.S. to the Soviet...
Angel on 4-7-2012 Angel on 4-8-2012 The temperature for the last two days continued to get up into the mid-40 degree F. range. So, of course, the angel continued to diminish. Here wings are...
Angel on 4-5-2012 Angel on 4-6-2012 Last couple of days have been getting up to almost 50 degrees F. The angel is certainly slimming down. Yesterday afternoon she lost her upper arms. Tomorrow she...
Angel on 4-2-2012 Angel’s face 4-2-2012 Temperatures are starting to warm up again, and the angel is beginning to show significant changes. Angel on 4-3-2012 Angel’s face 4-3-2012 It has been especially interesting watching...
Angel on Saturday, 3-31-2012 High temperatures in the mid 30s mean the angel has been s-l-o-w-l-y melting. The photo yesterday was taken about noon with the sun almost directly behind the sculpture. If you...
Angel on Thursday, 3-29-2012 The last few days have been partly cloudy, with temperatures cooling off slightly. Yesterday the temperature didn’t get above 35 degrees F. Consequently the angel’s metamorphosis is pretty much in...
I took a mini expedition in my back yard this morning, looking for unusual formations in the melting snow. Some of the things I discovered were birch catkin scales. If the ground were bare...
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...
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...
