By Ruth A. Ringelstetter
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There is so much to see when we are out on the backroads. I can research cities and towns pretty easily, and sometimes I can find locations of backroad sites, but one of our favorite things is stumbling on the creativity of people living on the backroads we travel.
In the fall of 2006, we were driving around in Richland County, Wisconsin. In those days, we had an old style Wisconsin gazetteer. It was a great map, but it didn’t have any overlap on the pages. Oftentimes, when we crossed to another page, I was lost for several minutes or more because roads seemed to be missing or didn’t line up. But on this day, I took a chance and navigated us to a section of the county right on the edge of a page.
And what a stroke of luck that was! We came upon this mural on the side of a garage. The mural was made up of a series of pine trees on hillsides. The background was a beautiful sunrise/sunset scene.
But now look at how creative this mural really is! This series of pine trees on hillsides makes up the words “sunny slopes.”
We were amazed! From farther away, it was plain to see the words and harder to see what the letters were made up of, but the closer we got, the more the lines of pine trees became apparent, and the less easy it was to make out the words. We had to turn around and drive back so we could show just how creative this artist was!
It didn’t seem to be related to any business, just a country person expressing their creativity. And we sure appreciate it! We hope when you travel the backroads, you have your eyes open for these kinds of creative displays.
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Happy Shunpiking!
Ruth
Very cool! What a talented and creative artist! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat A Amazing Wonderful Cool Find! :)
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