born a girl: Snow Dragon

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Snow Dragon

I was sorting through some paperwork while getting our taxes ready and ran across a negative I had saved. It's from a Thanksgiving about ten years ago at my folks place. The nieces and my sister and I got creative and made a snow dragon. Now if that dragon could only breathe some real flames and light a fire under my ass, I might stop finding distractions and get these taxes done! Say hi to the nieces...

9 comments:

lime said...: oh i love it! that's even better than the snow godzilla we once had in our yard!; 3/26/2008 5:57 AM
Anonymous said...: Oh Thanks! I printed it to show the 2 kids, (of girl in yellow), and they got a kick out of it! It may have put "a fire under our A's" to get outside and build another one!!; 3/26/2008 7:20 AM
Anonymous said...: Man we look young! :); 3/26/2008 4:40 PM
dmarks said...: Isn't a fire-breathing snow-dragon kind of self-defeating?; 3/26/2008 5:46 PM
Balou said...: @lime - Ooo! I'd love to see pics!

@anon (aka my sis) - I think a snow pony or a snow "hog" would be a hit!

@trish - You still are kiddo!

@dmarks - LOL! I suppose you're right. An ice breathing dragon makes more sense. Although it may explain the look of turmoil the poor dragon has on his face. Can breathe fire...can't breathe fire...can breathe fire...; 3/26/2008 11:19 PM
Sornie said...: Show. On Thanksgiving. That had to be a decade ago!; 3/27/2008 8:54 AM
Anonymous said...: That is pretty impressive! And creative!; 3/29/2008 9:58 AM
Jocelyn said...: Terrific beast--and it seems to have used up most of the remaining snow in the Spring yard!; 3/29/2008 10:33 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi nieces! What a great picture showing how much fun you can have in and with the snow. As a Norwegian, I love that and have complained the we haven't had enough this winter. We got it to the Easter Bunny Egg hunt though :lol:; 3/30/2008 12:40 PM

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