Household Happiness: Carved Wood Snowmen

Last spring, I wrote about the hand-carved wooden bunnies I collected when I lived in Nebraska.  I have a collection of snowmen carved by the same artist.

 

When a certain young man was little, the snowmen were stored on a shelf high enough to protect them from childlike (over) enthusiasm.  These days, the real danger comes from our four-legged friends, as can be seen in this up-close photo of my favorite snowman, removed from the shelf and placed on the dining room table to have his picture made.  Tiger was interested.

Come December, the five snowmen take their rightful place on the mantel shelf, a reminder of  happy Christmases past and a promise of at least a few Christmas surprises for the future.