1.03.2010

Slush Puppies

My very first ice skating experience was on a frozen reservoir in Aurora when i was probably 13. It was one of the first things that I was naturally semi-decent at. So when Erin told me a dazzling tale of happy children playing ice hockey on the frozen Weber State duck pond, I longed to have an adventure of my own.

I dusted off my skates and my wool knee-high socks and headed toward the pond.


It was a nice sunny day, decently warm for January. So bright we couldn't even keep our eyes open.



With my skates securely laced, i was ready to go.

Under what looks like snow and slush, was a layer of smooth, unadulterated ice.

Where i could really open up my wings and soar.

Then when I was done showing off for the locals, Erin and I built a lovely snow-man in the middle of the pond.

Snow face is better than no face.

5 comments:

merathon said...

THANK YOU for the jack frost reference. that movie can NEVER be quoted too much. i do love the bush eyebrows and moustache-- very nice touch. and seriously, mitch-- you can get AIR like that on ice skates? i had no idea you had those skills. . .

Melayna said...

Sounds like a lovely day in the park . . . But is it wrong that I was waiting/holding my breath for some crazy crash-and-burn, race-to-the-hospital, need-emergency-plastic-surgery-to-repair-the-hideous-blade-lines-on-my-face kind of crash landing? (Have you ever seen more -dashes- in a sentence??) It's just that I know you, and I've come to expect a certain number of natural disasters to befall you -- just like people expect me to wreck a car every other month . . . Not that I'm disappointed that you're OK, but maybe you could fake a cool crash pic for after your amazing jump, just for the reader's entertainment . . . Somethin' to consider, eh? :-)

Erin said...

cool crash pic. genius. pure genius. we need to hire you melayna as our creative photo shoot assistant. maybe next time.

aunt jan said...

I would like to see a blog from Melayna. I'd be an avid reader. Not that M and E aren't truly inspiring bloggers. Or is that boogers...Loved the "Blades of Glory" story.

Marliese said...

What a stud, Mitch! Do you truly have your own ice skates? I'm jealous, and confused...what was the tennis shoe picture about?

Love ya, glad you didn't crash and burn.