I had nothing to really post about today so I checked out what I had been scanning from our family album. This photo is from January 14, 1979. That's Tiffany and her friend, Mary. I took this photo looking out from our doorway into our front yard. Tif was three and a half then. Jon was about 4 months old.When we first moved to Chicago, everybody talked about the snow of 196something. Well, in 1979 we got 40.4" of snow that January. That was pretty darn amazing! It was agony to keep shoveling a pathway out of our house.
The worst thing about shoveling was just when you got it all cleared, the city show shoveling truck would come barreling by and pile up snow right over where you'd just shoveled. That snow would be packed, heavy and twice as hard to carry.
Still, now that I'm in Hawaii, memories of the magic and agony of snow are fondly remembered. So what's making me think of snow when I'm barely out of August? It must be the thought of that Alaskan cruise we're contemplating perhaps.
For my friends and relatives in Hawaii, I hope this post helps you cool off.
