As empires rise, so must they fall. The descendants of the fierce Vikings write blogs about design and rural England and, er, Torch Lake Township. The Aztec Empire was crushed by the Spanish Empire, which fell before the British Empire and ultimately before a ragtag bunch of Americans in 1898, leading to a whole school of Spanish literature that is arguably more interesting than the Empire ever was. And so it is on the shores of Torch Lake. As a warm front moved through the Great Lakes region yesterday, the inevitable decline of the Eastport Empire began. Alas, the Dancing Castle lies in ruins.
As empires fall, so do they rise. Daugherty Johnson told me he’s working on another sculpture up at Greensky Church, and said his cousin has created a bear. Want more? Take a look at the dune buggy on Kathy’s great post about the Michigan Tech Winter Festival.
Will wintry wonders never cease? Will spring come in my lifetime?
Torch Lake Views 
centria
February 10, 2009
Lots of people stopped by my blog to look at the snow sculptures, Gerry. Thanks for including the link in your blog. As for spring coming in our lifetime, I’m betting it will. And it will probably come for you guys a tad quicker than it will here in the northern U.P. Do you think I should take another pic of the Tech statues when they start to melt & collapse? You’re giving me more good ideas…..
Gerry
February 10, 2009
Thanks for the reassurance, Kathy! It would be interesting to see the Tech sculptures “deliquesce.” Heh heh. That’s my new favorite word. It pretty much means “melt” but somehow “deliquesce” sounds more like what snow and ice actually DO.
centria
February 10, 2009
I like that word too! I think the whole world is deliquescing these days… 🙂
Gerry
February 10, 2009
I met the word when a Detroit sculptor named his tower of auto parts “Detroit Deliquescence.” I wonder if that sculpture is still there? It was on the Wayne State campus right across from the library, if memory serves.