The Good Food & Earth Blog: Annual Winter Fest in Loudonville, OH

I don't make it out of the house much with my MCS (multiple chemical sensitivities). When I do get out of the house I need to be where there is a constant stream of fresh & clean air. Lucky for me, January 14th was the night I could do such a thing.

Loudonville, OH now hosts an annual Winterfest that takes place one weekend in January. This year it was the 14th & 15th. My family & I took the 20 minute drive there around 5pm. I was hoping to catch it in the twilight for photography/lighting reasons. The main park in downtown is where the ice is being carved. We only witnessed one carver while we were there. None the less, the work was beautiful! The park area became a great display for the newly carved chunks of frozen liquid. Only a few were placed there, the rest lined both sides of the street on the main drag.

We dressed warm as the temperature was below freezing. I wore snowmobile bibs under my winter work coat and my husband wore his work bibs under his good coat. The kids wore long-johns underneath their jeans and dressed double warm. Of course I took my trusty camera for the occasion!

Below are most but not all of the sculptures that were displayed along the street sides & in the park on that Friday night. Images are property of Kandice Thompson. View Photography by Kandice on Facebook.