How to Get Good Tree

So, today was the day, just a couple days before Christmas, when I finally got my act together (and found the time) to go out into my backyard and choose the tree that would hang out with me in my house over the holidays. This is how it all went down:Me with saw: ready to go.

Bound to be some good trees down here.
The first potentials - too close to the road, not WILD enough.

the saw and the frost
distraction: more amazing frostagain: totally forgot what I was out here to do - blown away by the frost


maybe one of these guys is good enough...
distracted again: ice crystals on the stream


more ice on the stream

right. back to the mission: could this be the one?

And then there was this one: the perfect tree.what it looked like immediately after the kill
in the bathroom, freshing up, er, defrosting...
thawed out and finding its place in the corner of my living room


with lights

and with all the dressing.

That's how I got mine.
How did you get yours?
:-)
Merry Christmas

2007-8 Icehotel opens in Schweden

The Icehotel celebrates St. Lucia Day tonight and the Absolut Icebar opens tomorrow night, which means that after that: it's all good. Come on in... chill out. Hee hee. Ho ho.

I was up there last week and wrote this article, focusing on two pairs of artists and the overall concept and construction of the hotel.

To see some more random shots of work in progress, check out my flickr account.

Enjoy!

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Mitt Romney leading in the polls

At least in this poll:

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