How did this blog come to be named “The House on Rynkus Hill”? It seems obvious, since the house is situated in a neighborhood on top of a hill. But, it’s more than that – Grandma used to talk about all the things that happened when they were younger and had just built the house. At the time, the neighborhood had many, many more children in it than it does now, and they had three kids they were raising too.
As it turns out, this lot provides a really great place to go sledding in the winter. It’s relatively tree-free, and has a nice sloping run from the street all the way to the tree line in the back – the perfect distance to sled down but not be daunted trying to walk back up. So, the kids used to say they were going to go sledding – “over on Rynkus Hill.”
My brother, sister, cousins and I sledded on the hill too when we were kids. Coincidentally, we still do. This was in January, shot with the Polaroid:
We had a hill and would pour water on it so the next day it was solid ice. Built ramps to jump with our sleds.
We have sledding hill, too! I’ll have to try the water idea. Great pics with the polaroid!
We didn’t do the ice on the hill last year – but maybe this winter we will.
It was a pain getting “action” with the Polaroid…it’s not really built to do that very well. But I did like the way the picture came out. š