Showing posts with label Fountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fountain. Show all posts

Friday, April 1, 2011

Children Of The Icicles

We keep thinking that spring has arrived and then getting surprised when we learn that it's not yet quite here. I left for work one morning in pretty darn nice weather and returned to find this fountain beginning to freeze up. It's in front of the Doane Stuart School, a private institution not far from my house:

When I passed by on my way to work the next morning I found the girl and the pigeons in the statue had pretty much become encased in icicles. And there was snow on the ground with more falling:

But by the end of the day the icicles and snow had melted and spring was once again in the air as I headed home from work. The Doane Stuart School was looking happy and well cared for:

The girl in the fountain and her pigeons were once again rejoicing in steams of water:

I walked around to the other side of the statue and found that it also included a sitting boy and even more pigeons. I'm sure that the bronze girl, boy and birds are all looking forward to warmer weather and no more icicles. I know I certainly am: