A Pathfinder Of Dreams

 I showed you a glimpse of this sculpture yesterday. It is titled Aurora Wildlife, and has a strong First Nations influence.

Next to it is this Inuit influenced Pathfinder of Dreams.

Nordic Spirit is the title of this last sculpture.

One more look- though we'll be back here again as the series goes along.

I stepped outside. The big screen was showing the arrival of athletes at the opening ceremonies.

Muskoka chairs gathered around a fire- very Canadian.

The Nordic Punkupine

 The detail work on these ice sculptures is exceptional, and keeping them under shelters is the right thing to do.

The Nordic Punkupine is the title of this ice sculpture.

I looked back in this section at the others.

The next shelter over featured more ice sculptures. Here we see Journey Home.

The next sculpture over, which we'll get another look at tomorrow.

Close to the visitor, a beaver.

Harmonic Mysticism

More of this marvelous ice sculpture to begin today.

 

Heart Of My Childhood is the title of this sculpture.

Here we have Harmonic Mysticism.

This is Canada's Life In The Northern Lights.

Inspired Work

 The return to Confederation Park for Winterlude was long overdue. As was the return of these shelters, which protect ice sculptures from the elements very well indeed. Many of the ice sculptures here this year have felt very Canadian in their tone. Coloured lights shift slowly, giving a pretty touch to the ice. We start with this one, titled North Star.

Moose Of The Seventh Wind has a First Nations feeling to it, with a moose head central to the sculpture.

This one was my favourite. Among Northern Stars features bears looking up at the aurora borealis, with a cabin prominently featured as well.