What a surprise! Ms. Terri didn’t tell me what she was up to today. She took me to work all day. Then on the way home we went back to the park where the snow sculptures were. She showed me the cam that took pictures of the park. Then she called Mrs. Green on her cell phone. Mrs. Green quickly opened the link on her computer to the cam at the park: (http://www.elyminnesota.com/popup/popup-mobilecam.html) She said she could see us! What
Ms. Terri and I went to see some more snow sculptures today. The theme of this year’s Winter Festival is Fantasy and Folklore. These look like they came right out of some of the storybooks Mrs. Green read to me. This sculpture was taken from the Artist Howard Sievertson of Minnesota. He painted many paintings for the book "Tales of the Old Northshore" This is part 2 of the snow sculpture above. Howard Sievertson's Tales of the Old North Shore
Ms. Terry took me to the Dorothy Moulter Museum. She was known by everyone around Ely as the Root Beer Lady. Here is a link to the Museum web page: http://www.rootbeerlady.com This is a statue of Dorothy Molter. It's a good thing she is a statue or she would be frozen by now. Ely is the home of the "giant taste" of Dorothy's famous Root Beer. It would take a giant to drink a bottle of root beer this
Ms. Terri took me to the Community Center where the Northern Lakes Arts Association (NLAA) was holding a Craft Fair (and bake sale – yummy) while the Ely Winter Festival was going on. Ms. Terri was working there as a volunteer. She introduced me to some of her friends: Bob N. is a really great tour guide! Mr. Bob is a fantastic story teller, and spins a great story about Dorothy Molter at the Museum. He has a cool sense of
I went with Ms. Terry for a couple more pictures in Ely. Here I am with the first snow sculpture of the Ely Winter Festival. Nancy Scheibe carved it in front of her coffee and tea house called “The Front Porch.” Her business is also the headquarters for the Ely Winter Festival. Here I am with Nancy Scheibe who carved the first snow sculpture of the 2011 Ely Winter Festival. The other carvers will start carving their snow sculptures tomorrow. Artist Nancy
