For my second painting I chose a photo I took several years ago at the Milham Park sledding hill in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I have fond memories of sledding there as a child. I hope they still allow sledding, it is a golf course. The nice thing about this hill is that it gradually gets steeper at one end and fades out to a very gentle slope at the other, so all ages and skill levels can enjoy it from two year olds to dare devil teenage boys.
For a few years right after college, I spent some time in Texas and got into a conversation with a co-worker about snow at Christmas. He was very concerned about the snow and asked with a worried tone, "How do the kids ride their new Christmas bikes?" I was stunned. I had never thought about bikes for Christmas and replied, "You don't get bikes for Christmas!" Then it was his turn to be shocked. No bikes for Christmas? What do they get? I quickly replied, "We get sleds and ice skates!" Of course, what did he think? It was a clash of cultures. I don't think he had ever been north of the Mason-Dixon.
Another thing he had probably never done. Make snowmen.........
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