On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other hazards
Joyce Bupp
Some art inspires awe, some
art moves one to meditate, some
art amuses, some art provokes
discussion, like the giant butter
sculpture cow on display at the
recent Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Some art is unexplainable, like
lots of the creations signed by Pi
casso.
And, there’s art that’s really
cool.
Like ice sculpture. Now,
there’s an art form that causes
folks to chill out.
Shaping ice into artistic forms
can’t be all that easy. It takes pa
tience, proper tools, and some
genuine training to learn the
techniques to shape and shave it,
while avoiding accidents which
might cause the crystal-clear raw
material to shatter and start
melting in your socks.
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Unless, of course, you are
Mother Nature, sculpting ice art
around here in the coldest Janu
ary in years. And all the art sup
plies she needs are moisture, tem
perature changes and an
interesting base from which to
construct.
Windows in the dairy barn
transformed to a sort of art gal
lery overnight early last week, as
Mother Nature and her brush
wielding assistant Jack Frost
swirled ice designs on the long
rows of glass. Why do two win
dows, side by side, or above and
below, facing the same direc
tional exposure inside and out,
freeze into vastly different pat
terns? That’s always been a puz
zle to me.
We’re all familiar with the
classic fringe of icicles that oma-
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ments all sorts of outside places
when moisture marries with
freeze-n-thaw temperature
swings. They add a whimsical
"gingerbread” effect to houses,
bams, sheds and fences.
But, occasionally the effect is
more amusing. During a recent
round of machine shed cleanup,
an old truck was piled full of
stuff to be disposed of, then park
ed along the edge of the road on
an angle. Apparently, just
enough moisture melted one day
on the inside of the bumper to
ooze to the lower-hanging edge
and begin dripping off, growing a
single, long icicle poking down
from the edge of the bumper. The
glittering icicle lends a snaggle
tooth effect to the old battered
truck.
Admiring ice art sparkling in
the morning sunshine one day
last week, I spied a distinctly
curved icicle. An artistic shape, it
had formed on one of the numer
ous maple saplings that always
manage to take root in the flower
beds each year. This youngster
was probably a 2-year-old, rooted
under the overhang of the spring
house roof. Dried onto the dor
mant sapling were the remains of
a morning glory volunteer which
had curled its tendrils up and
around the baby tree last sum
mer.
As snow had melted off the
springhouse roof, it dripped onto
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the maple and its volunteer vine.
The droplets had oozed along the
curving shape of the dried plant
tendrils, growing and shaping a
thick icicle identical to the angles
of the vine.
But our most stunning ice art
is in the meadow, where a four
inch PVC pipe drains the runoff
from one pond into the next one
several feet lower. Bone dry for
most of the last year, the pipe is
now transferring gallons of water
per minute, cascading out of the
pipe in a drop of a couple feet to
the pond surface.
Splashes and splatters from
the pipe’s waterfall have built up
Roots Fest At Philadelphia Market
Reading Terminal Market produce merchants, from
left, Jimmy Park, Vinny loving, and John Brown prepare
for the American Roots Festival Feb. 1, from 10 a.m.- 4
p.m. Free festivities include cooking demonstrations,
samplings, music, children’s activities, and costumed
vegetables. The market is located at 12th and Filbert
Streets, Philadelphia. For more information, call (215)
922-2317.
HERNLEY’ FARM
EQUIP., INC.
Elizabethtown, Pa.
717-367-8867
B.H.M. FARM
EQUIP. INC.
Annville, Pa.
717-867-2211
B. EQUIP., INC.
Waynesboro, Pa.
717-762-3193
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25, 2003-B5
over the last several weeks into a
hollow, crystalline ice formation.
About five inches across at the
top, it widens to a foot or better
in diameter at the bottom, resem
bling a misty-white bridal veil.
Water still pours through within
the shape, adding an element of
life and movement to our smaller
and frozen version of Bridal Veil
Falls.
Despite this wickedly-frigid
winter, warmth will ultimately
convert the cool icy art to an al
ternate entertainment form even
cooler to little kids.
FARMERS
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SUPPLY
Airville, Pa.
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WERTZ
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EQUIPMENT, INC.
PARt.SI6, GRUMELLI
Glen Rock, Pa. FARM SERVICE
717-235-0111 Quarryville, Pa.
717-786-7318
Mud puddles.
Bring on the mud.
C.J. WONSIDLER
BROS.
Quakertown, Pa.
215-536-7523
New Tripoli, Pa.
215-767-7611
Oley, Pa.
215-987-6257