[andysandmikesmom]

Gran....thanks so much for those snow pics...I especially like the one with the date of 1945, because that is the year I was born...a good year, of course...

What I feel when I see those snow pictures, is a bit of nostalgia, from when I lived in the midwest, and lots and lots of snow was par for the course, growing up in Chicago...There is great beauty in a landscape full of snow...

What I always remember about such heavy snowfalls, was the sound of 'silence'....there was always a particular sound, to me, after a heavy snowfall...its really hard to explain, because its really the 'sound' of the absence of sound in the thick snow...I suppose that may make no sense to others, but its just how I perceive it....

Anyway, I have kept your pics for my own, because they are really so beautiful...

thanks...

[grannie9]

Thank you Mom... I can't take credit for the pics tho.. I just scanned them from slides. My brother or father must have taken them..

I agree about the sound of silence after a good snow.. It's wonderful... You never forget that calm dead silence.. You even have to wait awhile before the birds start to sing if it's in the daytime that it stops....

I really do miss the storms in the winter.. Of course we haven't had many to miss the last few years.. When we were in Cancun in the winter and I heard of wild storms heading to the east, I always wanted to get on a plane and head home for them.. Of course Big Al would have no part of it...lol

[lodwick]

Norma's sounds like my kinda place. The brewpub menu read like heaven - and I thought their pricing was downright inexpensive, especially for all the goodies they provided with the entre. Excellent establishment.

When you guys hit the roads less traveled, you will be delighted at all the wonderfull small town diners, pubs, and places serving honest, delicious chow.

[Kathleen]

Your snowscapes are so refreshing. I want to jump right into the pictures and cool off.