Perfect Ice . . . .

[Cowperson]

I'm posting this photo for no particular reason except it will take a few of you back in time or place some of you in a dream state, a pond along the TransCanada Highway near Chief Chiniki's on the Morley Reserve, taken yesterday morning . . . . . new stick, new skates and the boy doing us the favour of wearing bright red, the colour National Geographic editors told their photographers to dress their subjects in during the 40's and 50's.

The boy was there with his father, both with sticks, the boy charging around in circles with a puck, the father with a stick but stationary . . . . and another smaller youngster watching from shore.

A slice of Canadiana . . . . and what looks like perfect ice, taking his first cuts of the day.



Sadly, as a post-script, I took this image only moments after passing the scene of a hit and run on a native man on the highway, a wind-flapped tarp giving way enough to reveal the bloody and gory pieces of what was left of him, the police investigating.

A life ended and another with a long way to go. Surreal to see the picture above only moments after.

Cowperson

[photon]

Nice ice! I used to live by a lake and I rememember one year there was no snow, and then we had a cold snap of -40 for like two weeks. The lake was amazing, perfect ice all the way across.

[arsenal]

That's amazing. The ice looks liquid. I guess that is what is considered "perfect ice".

[Otto-matic]

Tragic story about the hit and run Cowperson. Just puts life in a whole new perspective. Someone with a very long time to live and on a highway a life had ended.

Ice looks great though

[pope04]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Tragic story about the hit and run Cowperson. Just puts life in a whole new perspective. Someone with a very long time to live and on a highway a life had ended.

Ice looks great though

The victim, in fact, was a young girl. Hard to fathom that she was struck three or more times and not one motorist stopped.