Fur Rondy! and other winter scenes

The Rondy is a seventy-six year old winter festival. I think it started as a way for hunters to bring in and sell their furs. Now there are parades, snow carving contests, dog sled races, musical performances, an outdoor carnival and a variety of other events over a week. There were about a dozen snow carvings including crabs, penguins, eagles etc.

The lower picture shows my house with a snow bank in front of it. The picture was taken about 6:30 pm and was still daylight but almost dusk. We now have daylight from 8:03 am to 6:21 pm with about five more minutes each day. Season to date we have had 51 inches of snow.

Ship Creek is obviously completed frozen over. During the summer months there are always fishermen standing in the creek.