The last couple of days the snow has been flying here in Vermont – its dastardly cold – but the only thing that is keeping me from making a giant thing in my yard, is time… the odd thing is… I don’t have time to snow sculpt right now because I am very busy trying to get ready for the snow sculpting I am doing on New Year’s Eve, and in the weeks that follow. It’s this darn job I have, and all the subsequent freelance work I take on to try and make enough money to save. Ah well… for now I have been just snow sculpting in my mind as I have been shoveling and moving snow from one place to another. 

Our driveway is very narrow. And steep. So there is little room to the sides to pile the snow. I have this awesome snow management tool – a big scoop shovel sleigh thing – so I really move a lot of snow when it snows – and it snowed a couple of times in a row, so I had to think about where the next snow would go. And the dog has to go in the backyard too, so there has to be paths through the snow back there too – because the dog doesn’t like tramping through the snow when its over her head – and hey… who can blame her for that. 

I met with Pat Rideout from Church Street today to try and figure out where to put the First Night sculpture. He wants it in the garden next to City Hall – which would be pretty darn awesome. But I am not sure if the fine folks at Parks and Rec could pull that off. I have seen how they fill that thing and I am not sure if their back-ho deal can reach that far… but we’ll see I suppose. 

I do know it was the first solid plans I made this season. Out in the weather. Looking at a site. It made me excited… if I can only get some time to practice now… I could get this snow sculpting out of my mind and out in the real world where it belongs.