Edible Art

We did take one day off from "projects" to visit the Grove Park Inn's national Gingerbread Competition display. It's amazing!

Here's the Inn itself. The grounds and view are just incredible. Chris and I visited here with my parents about five years ago, but it was dark, so we totally missed the view.

And here's the Gingerbread "house" display. If you click on the link above, you can see professional photos of the winners in each category, but here's a few of our favorite people . . .

And favorite creations . . .

The icing work on this house was itself a work of art!

Peter's absolute favorite . . . "Ruff! Ruff!!"

And one of Hannah's favorites . . .

My pictures do not do it justice, but here's the first place winner in the adult category. The detail was absolutely incredible.

The time and talent that goes into creating these edible works of art is just mind-boggling. It's thought provoking though to consider whether I'm investing as much time in things that are eternal as these artists invest in that which is so temporary.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15-16