tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post5503932317383723261..comments2024-03-27T03:50:41.574-07:00Comments on Jenny Matlock: Sundays with Steve - Snow!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12462124067637610359noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-78671879016528306472011-01-03T19:35:23.902-08:002011-01-03T19:35:23.902-08:00Steve, since I grew up in Atlanta, I rarely saw mo...Steve, since I grew up in Atlanta, I rarely saw more than 4 inches of snow at a time until I moved to Chicago! When we did have any accumulation in Atlanta, we slid down hills in our yards on cardboard, or in laundry baskets! Sleds were foreign to us! Before Rod moved to the states when he was nine, he had lots of snow in the winters in Edmonton! He went skiiing and ice skating all winter long!!Judiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778815502961000469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-52847597845969363172011-01-03T19:34:26.165-08:002011-01-03T19:34:26.165-08:00Wonderful memories! Growing up in Colorado and sti...Wonderful memories! Growing up in Colorado and still here all these years later I have had my share of snow and as a kid I loved it. Not so much these days but it is very beautiful and there are lots of steep hills around here and we see kids sledding when we get a good snow storm. Thanks for sharing. AnneAnnesphamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09355786666073982088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-72118106878043311642011-01-03T08:20:33.797-08:002011-01-03T08:20:33.797-08:00Great memories!
I've never lived where it snow...Great memories!<br />I've never lived where it snowed, while I was old enough to enjoy it.<br />Now I don't want to...<br />Love this series!Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-36995256156958230212011-01-02T22:17:18.957-08:002011-01-02T22:17:18.957-08:00What a nice surprise to find this story tonight. I...What a nice surprise to find this story tonight. I really felt like I was back in your town trying to go down the hillside. lol<br />Growing up here in Texas I can only imagine the fun you did have back then.<br />Great writing<br />MaggieGrandma Yellow Hairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917551672825097342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-55101704205848143302011-01-02T08:49:26.870-08:002011-01-02T08:49:26.870-08:00This was a great story and sledding looks like so ...This was a great story and sledding looks like so much fun. I have never been any place where one could sled. I have built a few snowmen and joined in on a few snowball fights. Thanks, Steve for sharing your stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-40647481883236016962011-01-02T08:43:25.755-08:002011-01-02T08:43:25.755-08:00Thank you so much for these memories! I was a sle...Thank you so much for these memories! I was a sledder as a kid! There was nothing like the feeling of having a good run down a fresh hill of snow.Bossy Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568355839499622409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-56345344591438333532011-01-02T08:09:30.336-08:002011-01-02T08:09:30.336-08:00That took me back! For a time, from age 10-14 we ...That took me back! For a time, from age 10-14 we lived in the snow belt of Southern Ontario. Winter afternoons, 'til dark, were spent digging forts in snow banks and sliding down hills. We'd use whatever we had - toboggans were the most popular as we could get four or five on a good one. A garbage can lid was a super flying saucer, ensuring a wild and uncontrolled ride. We'd slide until we could hardly walk back up hill.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-83386345293498397522011-01-02T04:53:00.285-08:002011-01-02T04:53:00.285-08:00We never got a lot of snow in Virginia either. Whe...We never got a lot of snow in Virginia either. When we did get snow, everything would shut down and turn into a winter wonderland.JDaniel4's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354900916937838719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-77625285290832570902011-01-02T04:43:50.395-08:002011-01-02T04:43:50.395-08:00Green Springs had a huge hill...still does but I ...Green Springs had a huge hill...still does but I don't think kids today go out much :(<br />The hill was about 1/4 mile long...bending halfway and then the straightway to the bottom...<br />When my mom was a kid she was with her friends...sledding...she was on the bottom...2 other girls on top...after the bend, picking up speed, she couldn't straighten the sled out...slammed into a mailbox that was held into place by a cement block...12 hours later emergency surgery to have her spleen removed... oh the hill has many stories...Bob B. would close the general store down for a while and load the kids in his pickup truck and take them back to the top of the hill...some brave souls would tie their sleds to the bumper and be pulled up :) those were the days :)<br />Happy New Year Steve :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688526164999265223.post-88232775613410801002011-01-02T04:11:08.737-08:002011-01-02T04:11:08.737-08:00Mr. & Mrs. Jenny,
Down south these were imag...Mr. & Mrs. Jenny, <br /><br />Down south these were images kids like me could only dream about. The part of Georgia that I'm from is flat and when I say flat, I mean flat. Once, in 1973 we had accumulated snow - 12 inches of it!Jojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843762553010099404noreply@blogger.com