LJI Week 25: The Snow Throne

[alycewilson]

This is my entry for Week 25 of LJ Idol (therealljidol). The topic this week is "The Catbird's Seat."

Comments

[bleodswean]

Oh, A. This is so perfectly beautiful. These are the magical experiences of a good childhood that will stay with you for the length of your life. This snow throne is such an uniquely specific experience to you and your brother, and yet your gorgeous relaying of it has made a gift of it to the reader.

[alycewilson]

Thank you! I shared it with my brother today, and he was grateful. He said he'd only remembered the failure to complete the snowman and had forgotten that we turned it into a triumph.

[adoptedwriter]

This reminds me of the Blizzard of ‘77 when we built huge “snow people “ and they lasted longer than the snow itself!

[alycewilson]

Fun! How many did you build? I always wanted to make a whole snow family. The most we ever made at one time was three, one by me and each of my siblings.

[adoptedwriter]

I think it was 3 in all. They were huge. Had to use a ladder.

[alycewilson]

A ladder! We hadn't even considered that.

[viagra]

This was so great; you never fail to leave a smile on my face. It brought back memories of my own sister and I making a snowman (during the one time in Georgia that it actually snowed enough to make one). Ours didn't last nearly as long, and sunk back to the ground after probably only a few days, but I was happy to at least be able to say I've had the experience.

[alycewilson]

That's so great! It must have been so special to you, since you weren't used to snow. Glad to bring a smile to your face.

[lyssa027]

I remember being 9 and we had a huge snowstorm, where I lived in NJ. My brother and dad built an igloo and it lasted until March, even after all the other snow had melted :)

[alycewilson]

Wow! We never built an actual igloo, although someone we knew had a plastic brick mold for making bricks out of snow. I think the most that was ever done with it was to make a barrier to hide behind during snowball battles.

[xlovebecomesher]

Love this :) It brings back memories of playing outside in the snow on snow days where anything is possible to build!

[alycewilson]

Yes! I remember those days well.