Meanwhile, we’ve been enjoying some of Vancouver’s unseasonably cold weather by building snowmen in the park. My friend Dave came up with a plan (i.e. get dressed warmly and meet) and with some creative guidance from the others and some snow-lifting and -packing labor from me, we came up with several really neat snowmen—one driving a car and hitting a pedestrian, one resembling a Buddha, and several reclining on benches. The park was next to a major street, and dozens of people came through to take pictures and pose with our art.