Ice Fishing?

It was snow sculpting time again in Lake Geneva.  I happened to be in town to pick up a prescription last weekend and got a quick look at some of the entries.

Life below the water seemed to be a big theme this year, with bird related sculptures coming in a close second.  The Octopus playing chess against the crab took first place.  It was a beautiful piece of whimsy, very deserving of its win.  Sculpting team was from Wisconsin, because we know all about snow and ice!

Either I failed to notice who got second place because I didn't appreciate the subject or it was located elsewhere, but the crabs fighting over what I assume to be a pearl got third place. The sculpting team was from Nebraska.

The school of fish winding around the coral involved some very tricky looking work with a lot of air in between fish that I thought probably increased the difficulty but it didn't place.  Another lovely piece from a Wisconsin team.

photo not taken by me, I stay away from frozen lakes

Speaking of ice and fish, here's how Wayne spent his weekend.  Um, I'll take doing laundry and watching HBO over that, thank you very much!