Last week I promised to post photos of the ice sculptures on Sparks Street in downtown Ottawa, part of the annual Winterlude festival. Then I ran into a snag – warm weather.

With temperatures as high as eight degrees Celsius, the sculptures remained under wraps when I was downtown. Maybe they took the wrappings off on the weekend, but I doubt it. That was when it was warmest.

When I went downtown Monday morning I noticed that the wrappings were off a couple of the sculptures. I took a quick photo and promised myself that I would make the time in the afternoon to do a proper photo shoot.

What a difference six hours makes. By afternoon things had changed.

Some sculptures were once again under wraps. The one I had seen in the morning, the Eiffel Tower, was missing. In its place were some chunks of ice. I don’t know whether they moved it, or, with warm weather still in the forecast, just gave up.

I’ll check again in a couple of days – but I am not making any promises.