In a time-honored tradition, children and adults alike are known to venture out into the cold upon the first big snowfall of the year and make a snowman. The three bulbous balls of ice topped with a hat, coal for eyes and a carrot for a nose are as iconic a symbol of winter as anything else. But there’s a home on the Westside of Bend that sports a different sort of snow sculpture – two round balls next to a cylindrical tower. Yeah, it was a phallus and it’s been there for about a week now. Who really wants a big set of nards on their front lawn? It’s been a weird year for snow sculpting, especially up in Idaho where a man made a snowman of a KKK member holding a noose. Outraged neighbors, with the help of police, had the man topple the ridiculous sculpture, but still… WTF? Frosty is rolling in his grave right now.
This article appears in Dec 30, 2010 – Jan 5, 2011.
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