Saturday 10 January 2015

What This Couple Built In Their Snowy Backyard Made Me Insanely Jealous. Seriously...Wow

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Daniel Gray, a New Zealander visiting Canada to meet his girlfriend's family, found a very unique way to spend some of his time during their cold December visit. With the help of his girlfriend (Kathleen Starrie) and her family, he built the most amazing thing in their Edmonton backyard.

"I wanted to keep him occupied, not with my daughter necessarily. I wanted to keep him busy with something else," Starrie's mother Brigid Burton said with a laugh, "I didn't want Daniel to just be twiddling his thumbs while he's here in Canada so I thought, this needs to be something that's got some meat to it."

And so the construction began. The couple, along with help from Starrie's parents and even a friendly neighbour, spent five days building what you're about to see.


They started out by clearing out some snow to create space.colored_ice_igloo_01


Then the first layer of ice blocks, built from milk cartons they collected, added coloring to, and froze.colored_ice_igloo_02


Building the spiral....colored_ice_igloo_03


Laying blocks on top of the spiral. What is this thing?colored_ice_igloo_04


All bundled up, working diligently on their creation.colored_ice_igloo_05colored_ice_igloo_06


All of the colorful milk cartons used in preparation.colored_ice_igloo_07colored_ice_igloo_08


Okay, it's definitely coming along now.colored_ice_igloo_09


Is that an igloo?colored_ice_igloo_10


Daniel works from the inside.colored_ice_igloo_11


And here's the inside. Definitely looking like an igloo.colored_ice_igloo_12colored_ice_igloo_13


And at last, the incredible multi-colored igloo built from snow and milk carton blocks.colored_ice_igloo_14


Gray says he is very proud of his accomplishment but, he's also very happy the job is finally done. "It was a lot of work so, it's nice to actually have it there," he said, "It's been joked about that I have to sleep in it but, I don't think it'll be happening."colored_ice_igloo_15


It looks incredibly cozy. I want one.colored_ice_igloo_16colored_ice_igloo_17


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