Snow - it mostly looks pretty!

We are having a storm here in SoCal. According to all the reports it's going to be rainy and cold with snow at 1,000 feet - maybe even 500 feet in some areas.

Phoebe - skiing somewhere in SoCal I believe - late 80's.

I am happy to be inside - and happy that I have nowhere I have to be! But it made me think about snow and cold - and how glad I am not to live in it anymore.

10th East, Salt Lake City, 1972.

Not that I've even lived in it recently, but I do have enough snow memories to know that I don't want to live in it again.

Brian Head - early 90's maybe? Phoebe, Noah and Dad.

It's fun to play in.

Salt Lake City - Douglas Street in 1969.

And it makes for nice photographs.

Bonny and the blue Dodge truck - 10th East in Salt Lake City - 1972.

And it's fun to reminisce about the old days and snow gear - especially Bonny in her red-riding hood coat.

White Oak Avenue - Granada Hills CA - January 9, 1949.

Believe it or not, my snow memories actually go way back - to January 9, 1949, when it snowed for 3 days in Granada Hills. This is a shot of White Oak Avenue - a few blocks from where I grew up. My dad drove us all there to play in the snow. It snowed again in GH in 1967 and 1989, but it was brief - lasted less than a day. Apparently the snowfall of '49 was quite a production.

I mostly remember coming home with snowballs in our hands - and wondering what happened to them!! (I was 4 1/2 after all!!)

Thanks goodness for new forced air heating, well-planned heating ducts, a cozy fireplace, a comfy couch, and a great book!!

But I guess I'd better put some buckets around the family room - rainstorms seem to wake up weak spots in the family room roof!

"Baby it's cold outside!"

Henry sent this to Dad tonight!!

We are expecting a storm - with predictions of snow at 500 feet - which would put it in our back yard.

We'll keep you posted - and take photos.

Sure hope it doesn't kill all the popcorn that's popping on our apricot tree!!

Survey says....

A snow day is more fun than Primary.

I realize that it may seem irreverent, but snow days are pretty infrequent around here. Everyone went out to enjoy the event.

And we were forced to eat all of the treats that David had made for his Sunday School class. I consider it blessings for being prepared.