Giant Snowman

[Guest guest]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Snowzilla may be a smash hit with shutterbugs,

but the towering snowman has detractors closer to home.

 

Some neighbors of the two-story high snowman say they're fed up with

the hordes of gawkers clogging their street.

 

" When you get 20 people out there in their cars, now the whole street

comes to a stop and nobody can get through, " said Anthony Bahler, who

can see Snowzilla from his front window. " They just stand out there,

in the middle of road, talking about a snowman. "

 

Bahler's neighbor, Billy Powers, supervised construction of the

original Snowzilla last year. Through the Internet, it became a media

sensation, drawing crowds of visitors and TV crews from Japan and

Russia before it melted in the spring.

 

This year, Powers resurrected the snowman and its giant hat made from

tomato cages, corncob pipe and beer-bottle eyes. At 22 feet, the new

Snowzilla is six feet taller than its predecessor.

 

Once again, traffic is streaming through the neighborhood.

 

" Everybody likes it, " Powers said. " That's the reason I do it,

really, I like the smiling faces. "

 

Mike Schmitz, whose family lives next door to Bahler, would prefer if

Snowzilla were somewhere else.

 

" If it's such a public thing, you'd think the community could get

together and find a place to do it, " he said.

[Guest guest]

I thought I'd check him out after reading the message and thought

others might want the link.

 

http://www.happynews.com/news/12202005/alaska-man-builds-sixteen-foot-

snowzilla.htm

 

Peace always,

*mona

[Guest guest]

Perhaps this link will work as the other was too long.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10547826/

 

It's certainly worth a look-see. We once made a Garfield cat laying in

a box out of snow that was 3x7 ft. and a shark that was 2x18 ft. The

shark had it's mouth open and icecycles for teeth. We got lots of

double takes for that one.

 

I've been tempted to do some sand sculpting now that I live near the

beach but haven't done so yet ...

 

Peace to you,

*mona