The time of the year has come
when Southern girls get to put on their
oversized fluffy non-down
sweatshirts
and head to the annual
Festival of Lights
to celebrate the 'blistery' kinda wintry season of Christmas!
Looking forward to their Louisiana Ice Skating adventure in
Central Park...
-ing Lot
behind the hospital!!!
a wisely chosen spot
The girls lace up their
'professionally-used' skateswith excited anticipation
of the slick surface calling their names.
One should note that Louisiana's Southern ice
is slightly different than that found in the northern states of the United ones!!!
It is warm to the touch and can be used in temperatures
only up to its melting point.
Just take a few inches of plywood and slap on a lot of wax
then a few layers of lamination and you're good to go!!!
Plyce Skating is more like it!!!
Yet another brilliant invention of the South.
Before passing judgement of this Cajun Rigged Skate Park...
Just remember what I tell my kids...
Pride
comes
before
the
Fall!
One should never underestimate
the power of Boudreaux's laminated wax concoction.
Then comes the time when one needs to remove
thy Plyce skates.
You will need one helper on the side for moral support
and one assistant at the foot for removal.....
Well...
maybe two at the feet...
Sometimes three will do it!!!
OK...
let's try 2 pulling the arms
and 3 at the feet.
With the humidity down here...
the feet tend to swell a few sizes larger
during skating making it a little difficult for speedy skate removal.
Those that survived
the annual
Plyce Skating adventure
gather around to take a picture
amidst a flurry of falling sugar cane ash fairies
dancing about their pretty heads.
We would like to thank the local sugar cane farmers
for helping to create a beautiful wintry moment
by burning their cane fields for harvest prior to this pic.
WE have faith in old proverbs full surely,
For Wisdom has traced what they tell,
And Truth may be drawn up as purely
From them, as it may from "a well."
Let us question the thinkers and doers,
And hear what they honestly say;
And you'll find they believe, like bold wooers,
In "Where there's a will there's a way."
For Wisdom has traced what they tell,
And Truth may be drawn up as purely
From them, as it may from "a well."
Let us question the thinkers and doers,
And hear what they honestly say;
And you'll find they believe, like bold wooers,
In "Where there's a will there's a way."
Eliza Cook
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