Snow WAY!
OMG, I’ve waiting forever for it to snow so I could post this!
In January 1494, snow fell heavily in Florence and one of the strangest artistic commissions of all time took place. The new ruler of the city, Piero de’Medici, commissioned Michelangelo to make a snowman. It was the only occasion on which Piero asked Michelangelo to do anything. It might have been taken as a bit of an insult, but Michelangelo entered into the spirit of the thing and created something which, contemporary observers remarked, had to be the most beautiful snowman ever made.
Amazing right?!
Oh, and if you want more snowmen stories, this (27 minutes in - the second story -”Super Duper”) is probably the only time the internet really actually made me ROTFL. And that’s every time I listen to it. I give it my highest recommendation.
Longly underweared,
L