things started out quietly... post-christmas pensive?

suddenly ... the mood changed

ice hogs

We saw a little crack in the ice and naturally we wanted to make it bigger. We tried poking it with a stick. That worked a little. Then we dropped an ice hog on it. That worked better. (Ice Hog: small chunk of ice).

dozers

Soon, of course, the thrill of the ice hog crashes diminished. For maximum impact, we started collecting dozers. This was quite a bit more challenging than the collection of the much smaller ice hogs.

over-dozer

Then there was the dozer of all dozers. The pictures are a little blurry partly because we were losing the light but mostly because the photographer was laughing so hard she could not keep the camera steady.

snowshoes for christmas

it's all fun and games until...

you can't keep a good woman down

christmas creatures

not a creature was stirring...

for me

I was doing some research for a course I am teaching in February and found this old favourite. In the early 80s, I worked in a repertory movie theatre and they used to show this little movie before the main feature.