February 15, 2007: Human-colored ice formations

Undertoad • Feb 15, 2007 11:52 am

Nothing but the official cap today, I'm busy:

Drivers along U.S. 19 near Rivesville, W.Va. get a colorful ice display thanks to Rich DeMary, 43, who mixed food coloring into gallon jugs of water, then poured them over icicles hanging off the rocks, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. DeMary, who lives in the small Marion County town, says he's been doing this for about eight years, just to brighten the day of passers-by. He created this display last week.

Sheldonrs • Feb 15, 2007 11:58 am

Undertoad;316064 wrote:

Nothing but the official cap today, I'm busy:

Looks like an Italian Ice storm. :-)

Clodfobble • Feb 15, 2007 12:22 pm

Undertoad wrote:
Human-colored ice formations

I've never seen humans that color... ;)

Cloud • Feb 15, 2007 12:23 pm

yeah, I was expecting brown, red, tan . . .

Shawnee123 • Feb 15, 2007 12:24 pm

lol @ clodfobble and sheldon!

barefoot serpent • Feb 15, 2007 12:50 pm

red might ward off the ice climbers

...or yellow.

monster • Feb 15, 2007 1:01 pm

Clodfobble;316078 wrote:
I've never seen humans that color... ;)

xoxoxoBruce • Feb 15, 2007 1:58 pm

Something about DeMary doing this on his lunch hour from the toxic chemical plant at the top of the hill?

Just kidding, he's the third generation operator of a grocery store in Rivesville. He's been doing it for 8 years and nobody has hassled him about it. I guess they like it...... or maybe because he was the 1994 West Virginia body building champion and still keeps himself in top shape. ;)

freshnesschronic • Feb 15, 2007 8:39 pm

Yeah, the title of the image confused me as well

Scriveyn • Feb 16, 2007 2:38 am

Sheldonrs;316066 wrote:
Looks like an Italian Ice storm. :-)

That's what I thought, too. Why stop at food colouring? He should add aromas as well. Strawberry, Apricot, Mint, .... :p

Kitsune • Feb 16, 2007 4:25 pm

Gah, that's tacky. I guess nature's not beautiful enough, so I'm off to spray paint some trees.

Kitsune • Feb 16, 2007 4:28 pm

...on second thought, I'd forgotten how bleak and gray winter is. Hmm.

Sheldonrs • Feb 16, 2007 4:45 pm

Kitsune;316427 wrote:
Gah, that's tacky. I guess nature's not beautiful enough, so I'm off to spray paint some trees.

I remember when I lived in CA, during a long drought period, people actually painted their lawns green!

monster • Feb 16, 2007 7:41 pm

Sheldonrs;316432 wrote:
I remember when I lived in CA, during a long drought period, people actually painted their lawns green!

When my kids were at preschool, one of the snow activities they did was colour the snow with food color in spray bottles. They loved it, so now, when the snow idea starts to get old in March, I let them decorate the snow. Fortunately it melts soon after that ;)

xoxoxoBruce • Feb 16, 2007 11:16 pm

That's a great idea monster....and if you can't stand it, drag out the garden hose and it's gone. :D

smillie • Feb 17, 2007 8:25 am

We used to color the ice and snow when we were kids. Of course the only color we had was yellow....

xoxoxoBruce • Feb 17, 2007 8:35 pm

Ah ha, so your the one that made the yellow snow. You sure covered a lot of ground, you've been at least everywhere I've been, in the winter. :cool:

bluecuracao • Feb 17, 2007 9:39 pm

Most of the snow in my neighborhood is yellow. That's what I get for living near a bunch of bars.