I remember how much I looked forward to the snowfall when I was a young boy. Back then the weather people might not have been able to track a storm like they do today, but then, my family wouldn\u2019t have known because we didn\u2019t have a television until the early 1960s, so there were no weather reports for us to watch, we just watched the sky and knew it was snowing when we saw it falling out of the sky \u2013 how much we\u2019d get was anybody\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n
After the snow fell, mom would dress us up in whatever warm clothes we had (usually made of wool \u2013 nothing like today\u2019s \u201cwarm\u201d clothing), and we\u2019d head outside to play in the snow.<\/p>\n
As I got older and had siblings, the snow became fun because we\u2019d get our pieces of cardboard and go \u201csledding\u201d down any nearby hill. Back in those days the snow plows didn\u2019t get the snow off the roads like they do now, so dad would get a long rope and tie it to a toboggan, then hitch that to our station wagon, and he\u2019d pull us kids around Blackduck Lake \u2013 nobody complained that it wasn\u2019t safe, because dad was cautious and I\u2019m sure we weren\u2019t going as fast as us kids thought we were.<\/p>\n
Later years, the snowfall meant we could get our Johnson Ski-Horse out of the shed and playing in the snow took on a whole new meaning \u2013 especially for our neighbor, who we\u2019d rely on to help us get the snowmobile unstuck from time to time.<\/p>\n
Shoveling snow didn\u2019t seem so bad because I knew I could earn a few extra dollars moving that white stuff off sidewalks and driveways, so snowfall was still something I looked forward to.<\/p>\n
As the years added up, snowfall took on different meanings \u2013 less enjoyable ones \u2013 and it was almost always followed by bitterly cold temperatures. I started enjoying winter less and less, and dreaded the weather change in November of each calendar year.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard for me to imagine after nearly five winters of much, much warmer temperatures, and to be honest, there are times I think about how I used to feel when that first snowfall came, but I\u2019ll admit I really like looking out my windows and seeing the green trees and grass while the snow is falling in Minnesota.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s funny how something that is repeated year after year can take on different meanings, and while you might be shoveling snow I\u2019ll be looking forward to my next tee time, and I\u2019ll grill our Thanksgiving turkey in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt.<\/p>\n
I admit, Christmas was much better with snow on the ground.<\/p>\n
Have A Good Week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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