Ice-shrooms...

Sadly, I do not have the technical ability to upload this photo from my cell phone. :(

I work on a college campus where parking is a little crazy. To avoid spending lots of money in passes or tickets, and to save a little time, I park in a neighborhood that is a brisk 10 minute walk to where I teach on campus. I actually love my little walk. It warms me up on the way to class and is a good cool down on the way back. Also, there are some lovely older homes with beautiful yards to admire in the area. Today, one home had the most amazing little ice sculpture decorating their front lawn.

Someone had broken off 9 icicles of all shapes and sizes from their home. Three of these icicles were particularly long, one of them was probably 4 feet long. Anyway, the "artist" had planted the icicles in their front yard, so that they stuck out of the ground like tree trunks, creating a miniature ice forest. That alone is a fascinating enough idea, but it gets better! Somehow they had created little mushroom tops of pastel pink, blue, yellow and green, and attached one mushroom head to each little icicle trunk, creating an ICE-SHROOM FOREST! It was such an unexpected display of creativity and fun! I mourned that I didn't have a good camera with me, but I did take a picture on my cell phone.

I love to see people's imaginations at work. People are brilliant! How wonderful of whoever lived there to share their happy creativity with the rest of the world. It brightened my whole day and made my mind spin to think of the possibilities of icicles and freezing colored ice. Wouldn't my children love such an activity?! Thank you, to the inspired soul, who gave me such a treat on my way home today. You are my "something beautiful" today.