I had a big snow once in Georgia... it was 1973, 37 years ago today.

Robert- Hey the date on  the photo helped me remember the exact day, how the snow tasted... most likely like dirt as much as we played in it.

Margaret- I love old photos and have been getting boxes of them from my mom to scan and save on cd, it certainly has been fun.  But this way my brother and I can both have copies of them NOW, not later when mom won't be around to tell us who's who when we don't know.

Wayne- this was the "perfect storm" so to speak.  An artic cold blast from the north and gulf moisture just colided over my town and it snowed 23 inches.  The most in recorded history at this location.  Glad I was around for it.

Sheldon- if not for his little beadie face I bet you'd be right.  The other girl was my neighbor at the time.

Sara- Don't feel bad, the photo is quite faded, but his little face is to the right about wrist high to the girl on the right.

Lisa- I bet it was, it didn't snow in Atlanta, but started south of there.  I'll have to ask my mom, I had an Aunt and Uncle that ran a shell station that lived in New Smyrna at the time.

Charles- I'm sure something will date them Charles, paint colors, furniture, clothes, something.  But you know, my daughter wore that coat I'm wearing.

Philip-ewwwwww, I know a few times we've brought it inside and put syrup on it over the years.  And really 23 inches a dusting?  WOW.

Paul- Good eye.

Joanne-  good eyes.  One of these days I hope my own daughters gets a "big" snow

Mary- we usually get just enough to turn things white about every three years on average.  Generally speaking the tempatures are warm enough the very next day to melt it all, so we have one pretty day and one moring of sketchy ice patch roadways and then it's back to normal.  That snow in '73 was just before my 8th birthday and I remember school being closed for a week.  I missed it.  I always loved going to school and my 3rd grade teacher to this day I still credit for my love of books and reading.  She read the Pippi Longstocking books to us and I've loved to read everything I can get my hands on ever since.

Charles, I don't know why, but you saying that makes me giggle.

Rob- I really had a great and happy childhood filled with great memories.  I'm pretty sure we weren't expecting THAT much snow and who knows if we'll ever see that much again.  My mom's dad was a photographer so my mom always took lots of photos.  I love that I have copies of most of them.

Morgan- very lucky.  In fact, I'd take last winter over this one any day.  It was unusually warm, this one has been ultra cold.  I NEVER remember making it through February without hitting 70 at least a couple of days in my life.