A bright idea and some determination have brought a unique seasonal treat to Hazenmore this holiday season.
Lois Toye approached fellow Hazenmore resident Wilhelm Neufeldt after seeing his annual igloos he created in his yard at home.
Toye's initial thought was for the community to have a festival day and play street hockey and build the igloo together. However, she says she did not realize how much work went in to the building of the structure and the time needed to freeze the blocks of ice.
On a recently cold day, Toye was out and noticed that Neufeldt had begun the process of building the igloo sculpture downtown Hazenmore next to the playground. To add some flair to the structure Neufeldt also added in some food coloring to the water resulting in a rainbow igloo on Main Street.
The seasonal sculpture has been a hit with many as Toye explains.
"Everybody that's seen it on Facebook has commented and said it's so amazing and beautiful. People have driven down to see it. We've had people come in for Christmas parties and then they went out into the igloo and got their picture taken after their Christmas party."
It took Neufeldt roughly two full days out in the bitter cold to build the project and he says getting the pails of water to the location of the structure was the hardest part. He says although he was accustomed to building annual igloos for his own enjoyment he decided to take on this project in order to build one so that everyone could see it and he hoped that it would bring smiles and Christmas cheer to a lot of people.
Toye details why she believes this bit of winter fun is important.
"It's such a novelty and it's really attracting a lot of people's attention. I think it is a good idea to have it there even though like I said it was meant to be a community activity. It is sure gathering the community because everyone is really crazy about it."
Now that the igloo is built and packed properly the structure should last until Spring bearing any longitude of seasonally warm weather.
