The Many Moods of Snowmen

Jim Shore Snowman, originally uploaded by calamity kim.

I like mean snowmen. I must confess. You heard correctly. No sweetly smiling, happy, silly snowmen for this Calamity Girl- I want angry, mad, mean, sad snowmen. I want paper mache, felt, sock, glittered, resin- it doesn't matter what they're made from- they have to have a certain countenance on their brow.
Maybe they are melting?
Maybe they are cold hearted?
Maybe they are lonely.
Maybe they are just mean old Grinchy Snowmen who play dirty and put icicles and gravel in their snowballs?
Maybe they didn't have a Mother. I found this picture in Google images and he looks wistful. I like him.

I saw some snowman murders and they were way too mean. Heartless! Cruel.

Not  like the snowmen I used to build. They were sweet and nice. A long time ago.

I make up my own reasons for their melancholy as I unwrap and place them about the house. Let the decorating begin!!
oh, the calamity!

Comments

[Jennifer]

Thinking of you, and remembering the 2 Christmases we spent with my dad on Siesta key.... When we get enough snow for snowmen, we'll have to make a couple just for you (and send you the photos!).
Merry, merry.

[Cherie]

Well why not...there are those who love the grinch at the holidays, why not mean snowmen?! I'm a snowman lover but like you, not the happy, rotund, jolly ones...too "cutesy" for me. I like mine to have character!!

[cathy nash]

These remind me of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips!
I love snowmen too.
Cathy