Chilly sans glove

Cooking up December chill around here requires some creativity.

So we import Chinese.

They have the skill, know-how, and cold tolerance needed to construct an Ice Land.

And the resulting works of art will give you shivers. OK, the display tent’s 9F temps are part of that, too.

We braved Ice Land at Galveston’s Moody Gardens this year – before school let out for the holidays and with discounts as it’s a bit pricy considering just how long you can stand being in 9 degrees. They aren’t kidding about dressing warmly for the huge tent’s icy wonderland. Warm-ish coats are provided with hats and gloves are on sale if you forgot. If they had offered gloves with convertible finger tips to allow longer cell phone camera use, I might have splurged, but instead just kept pulling my own off and on until we just couldn’t take  it any more. Yes, we are icy cold wimps.

You probably have much larger Ice Lands and sculptures, but this cool was the icing on the holiday season for us. Hope yours is just as delicious.

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of Hedge

If the penguins weren’t warning enough at the entrance, the thermometer leaves no doubt. (©All images)

Cool flags! (© image)

So round and snug, Penguin crowd probably taking bets on which of the skinny visitors overcomes the admission sticker shock and breaks for the exit first. (© image)

Always wondered: you know that don’t stick your tongue on the flagpole or you’ll stick? Do bird feet have the same problem on ice or is it like they can sit on power lines and you can’t? Birds and seals watching the foot race into the ice tunnel – which was actually the warmest place in the exhibit. (© image)

More chilling than elf on a shelf? (© image)

Danger carved in icy tunnel walls. Foreshadowing? (© image)

“The time has come, walrus said, to talk of many things….” (© image)

Wally, are there party plans for us cool actors once the warm-blooded ones fade at the end of the day? (© image)

What are you yakking about? ice sculpture (© image)

Hay. Over here..(© image)

Ready to hoof it gotta here?. (© image)

Santa won’t notice. He’s cool.(© image)

Fat is a survival tool. Yes, it’s blurred, my fingers are seriously getting numb at this point. (© image)

Not the Yellow Brick Road, but just as an enticing glow. Slow movers better stay to the side because all the young at heart know what’s at the top. And at the bottom is an Shivers Bar serving vodka as well as hot chocolate…cause you can slide as much as you want and kids never feel cold.(2018 Moody Gardens screenshots)

No, we are not nesting here – keep moving. Russian: frozen and gone cold in the public’s interest, yet it will not go away.(© image)

Oh, there’s the problem. Nice they left the lights on for us..considering concerned over global and foot warming.(© image)

Look, I was in the early morning entry group and ignored the cold inching into my veins. Stagger out while you still have warmth enough in your feet to keep moving! Hope your holidays are out of this world cool, too. (© image)

 

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