Can you imagine it! Just step ouside your back door and start skating around your backyard!! Well, probably not in Horsham!
In Bethel, when it snowed, the road crew piled the snow up on the sides of the road. The warmth of early April melted a bit of snow, then it got cold again and froze to form a rink. Alas! No skates small enough for my small yet adequate feet, but my friend had a lovely time on the ice! I was happy to take this photo.
Imagine all those boring jobs that could become fun…when you have to take the rubbish out….just glide down to the bin, throw the rubbish in, and gracefully glide back again!! Think of all the things that would suddenly become easier and more enjoyable and let me know!!
What things would become really difficult if your backyard froze?
How could you overcome this?
Draw I-Quad in skates.
There’s some bowling vouchers in it for the most creative answers!!
May 18, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Slide out the front door and get your
mail.
May 18, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Hi i-quad if you want to slide out the front and go to the shops.
May 18, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Hi I-quad if i had snow in my backyard i would go out and take the dogs for a walk and wear them out.
May 18, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Hi I-Quad if i had ice in my backyard i think it would be fun to slide out and change the cats water bowl.
May 20, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Dear I-quad
I have a good idea. You could feed your dog by skating across and making a trail. You would need to make your dog a pair of little skates but it would also give you a lot of exercise. The best thing is you would have fun and your dog would get fed.
From Hugh 40b
May 20, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Hi I think it would be good having ice-in your backyard because you could have fun, play with the animals sliding around, have fun with your friends and have sliding races. get the mail and newspaper by sliding,do jobs the fun way ! and when you get sent to your room you can just climb out of the window abd slide slide slideeeeeeeeee….
From ANGUS 40b
May 20, 2008 at 6:05 pm
it would be cool and your pets could slide around too!!!
from callum
May 20, 2008 at 6:14 pm
If I had ice in my back yard I would love to take the bins out
It would be fun to play games in the back yard it would be harder.
If you tried to play cricket the ball would go over your head .
It would be fun to ride my bike in the back yard it would make you spin out.
Matthew 40b
May 20, 2008 at 6:18 pm
To I-Quad
If my backyard was an ice rink I could play ice cricket, ice hockey, ice tennis or any other sports on the ice. I t would be so fun. Hay I-quad you have had a lot of visitors from different parts of the world. I think your shades are pretty cool. I wish I could have shades like that.
From Amelia
May 20, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Well I-quad,
When you go outside you will just slip over if you don’t have some ice skates on. The ice could break and you could fall in some water and it would be freezing.
From Callum.
May 20, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Hi I-Quad,
If I had an ice rink in my back yard I would play ice hockey and would actually like to do my chores. I would take my dogs for heaps of walks.
May 20, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Hi I-quad
I wish I was you. you could do your jobs a fun way you could play tag with your mates when you are in trouble you could slide away you could take your pet for a walk on it when you are bored you could go out take 5 steps and you would not get sore leg.
May 20, 2008 at 6:24 pm
If I could I go on ice I would go to the shop and back again. I will eat a frozen lolly it would be so cool and cold. How cold is it there?
You look cool in your outfit.
May 20, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Hi I-quad
I have a terrific idea of what would be hard to do if my backyard was an ice skating rink. It would be hard to play most sports except for ice hockey. If you tried to play football and tried to kick the ball you’d fall over backwards and the ball would go over your head
May 20, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Hi I-quad
I watched your rock cycle, I think it is really cool. I learnt that a rock is formed by magma and cooling results in many small crystals and gas bubbles it puts holes in the lava to break it up to make a smaller rock.
Hi Josh, well done, animations are a great way to learn aren’t they?
I-Quad
May 20, 2008 at 6:38 pm
To I-quad, I think it would be heaps of fun if my backyard was an ice rink. I would be able to play ice cricket, ice footy, ice tennis, ice hockey, ice soccer and any other sports on ice!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn’t be able to jump on the trampoline if my backyard was an ice rink. I hope you have fun in Alaska and all over the world!!!!!!!!!
From Emily C
May 20, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Hey I-quad.
SKATING IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD THAT IS AWSOME!!
It would make me get the rubbish out into the bin alot quicker!
From Ricki
May 21, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Just wondering who alskas going iquod ? Is it cold like here ? Dont think so it would be more cold over there than here.
May 21, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Your very lucky aren’t you. You get to go ice-skating in your own backyard!! I wish I could but it never snows here. Have fun in Alaska and I’ll have fun here.
Bye!
May 21, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Hi I-Quad, that would be really fun to skate around on ice. I was in London and they wouldn’t even get snow that thick!
May 21, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Hi i-quad it looks really fun ice skating in Alaska i cant wait for you to get back.
June 3, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Hell I-Quad!
I would LOVE to have ice in my backyard!(But my mum wouldn’t let me.) I think you should go out and enjoy the ice because your not going to stay there for ever, are you? If you did, who would tell us about stuff from around the world?
Goodbye, keep telling us about your trip.
From Rani
I-Quad replies
Hi Rani,
It is very cold here but the ice is fun! I don’t fall over much anymore. I am having a great time here, it will be hard to leave.
Your Intergalactic Pal,
I-Quad.