Nana and Snow

 

We had 3 inches of snow in Virginia today.  Whenever I talk to Nana about snow, she loves to tell the story about the time that she was in Austin in 1943 and they had snow there for the first winter in 17 years.  She says that the kids went wild, throwing snowballs, even breaking windows in their excitement.  Most of those kids had never seen snow before.  Of course, it didn't stay long in the warmer Texas temperatures but it truly was an event to remember.

 Nana also told me when she was a kid, she and Uncle John walked to Pikes Peak School in the winter.  She said the snow was as high as the fences they crossed.  The teacher lived next to the school so there was no "snow days" for them to get a vacation from school.

Below is a picture of Nana and Uncle Ben during the winter with snow on the ground while she lived at home in Elimsport area with Grandma and Grandpa Tilburg.  Nana was probably in her late teens and Uncle Ben was 7 years younger.  Nana is holding a guitar.  When I asked her about the guitar, she said it was Uncle John's.  She liked to strum on it sometimes but didn't really play.  She told me Uncle John used to play the guitar for square dances.  The old car they are posing in front of she thinks is a Ford, because Grandpa Tilburg usually bought Fords. 

Nana and Uncle Ben

 

Nana has seen lots of winters.  We talked recently about the blizzard of 1996 and the flood that followed. We both remembered that as one of the worst in history.  I guess this 3 inches of snow today is really no big deal.