One from my Snowmen archvies

Ever since I was a little girl I have created hundreds of snowmen, each year an unique one. Mobile snowmen is my recent creative thought which started in 2007.

I think one of my best snowmen was when I made one for my husband, Jacob, after he had gone to bed on the eve of his birthday in 2006.

I worked for a couple of hours after midnight, so that when he woke up at 4 am and looked out of the kitchen window, he saw this sight!

From Mobile Snowman / Liikkuva Lumiukko

He was laughing for more than a couple of hours! I think he appreciated that one almost as much as he appreciates his special birthday cakes! :-)

Making the snowmen comfortable

Yesterday was a very windy day, so I thought I would make my snowmen in Vesaisentie comfortable with a scarf and a hat.

From Mobile Snowman / Liikkuva Lumiukko

Also the snowman on the swing was very lonely, so I built him a companion! I also gave them both scarves and hats to keep them warm on this blustery day.

From Mobile Snowman / Liikkuva Lumiukko

2010 Model of a Mobile Snowman

Day-before-yesterday and yesterday, the temperature was + 1 C after a massive snowfall in Oulu. It was ideal as I had plenty of snowman snow in the garden.

I first cleared the pathways in the garden and created a huge mound of snow at the back.

There I made snow caves and put in coloured lanterns, so we had a beautiful coloured snow garden last night. (Unfortunately, neither Jacob or I took pictures of this!)

I did do something else, but I did not tell Jacob in the evening.

When he came home yesterday afternoon, I asked him whether he had looked around the garden. He looked out of the kitchen window and burst out laughing.



There, sitting on the garden chair was an enormous snowman, relaxing.



Then he turned his eyes towards the garden swing. Sitting there, ready to be pushed, was my this year's creation of a mobile snowman!

The snow under the swing is a bit too much at the moment. We have been promised temperatures of around -7 C in a day or two, which should freeze this armchair, swinging snowman.

Hopefully these snowmen will last till the grandchildren arrive!