Snow Tower of 2009

              In my world beyond, it is an ancient tradition for people and creatures to make the snow towers every winter out of snow in groups or individually. They use muscle power, and other tools such as sleds, ladders, or even shovels. On appearance it is not very impressive, but very massive to survive many more days ahead till next snowstorm. My snow tower tests my persistence, determination, patience, and strength I need to move ahead in life. If I succeed making the snow tower bigger then myself, and if my snow tower survives for six days at minimum, I have proved my perseverance, willpower, 

resourcefulness, allowing me to overcome 

life hardships.

The Snow Shrine of 2006

                 I also made snow towers as an appreciation for the winter and snow. I'm a child of winter, as I was born in January. Before making a snow tower, I have to make sure that snow is wet and sticky. So that when I roll a small snowball across the snow, it will stick and make my snowball grow to a ball of 4feet to five feet in diameter. I leave the first huge snowball in the location of my future snow tower, and proceed to make two more snowballs of the same size that I placed next to the first snow ball. The three massive snowballs become the base of my snow tower.

Snow Tower of 2006 at RMCAD

                  Then I would make smaller snowballs and place them on the three massive snowballs, and cover up any gaps or cracks with additional snow. I keep making and placing the smaller snowballs on top of one another until the tower reaches my height. I used the remaining snow to fill in the gaps and cracks between the snowballs to straighten my snow tower, I made my snow tower taller and taller until I could no longer reach the top, and that was when I usually stopped my snow tower constriction. By then I would be all wet from the snow and sweat, my arms and legs muscles were sore, and I was too exhausted to continue. On average it took me four hours of none stop labor to build a snow tower.

Snow Tower of 2005

              With the exception of my snow tower in the second picture I titled “The Snow Shrine” I used a basket to make basket shaped snow bricks, and then I simply placed the snow bricks on top of one another. I used a ladder when I could no longer reach the top of my snow shrine, and was able to go much higher than the snow towers I made by rolling snowballs and without a ladder.

Building a snow tower was a good work out and also a god way to measure my health and strength. If I was stronger that year, I could make my snow tower faster and bigger by producing larger snowballs. Than I know that I was in a good shape.