A blizzard! That sounds exciting! I had company coming but they were stranded in McPherson. That did not make me happy. A telephone call told me that snow was coming down thick there. They could not even see across the road. It was a good thing they (my company) could stay with family.

I am sitting here trying to think of big snowstorms in the past. I remember one when I was probably 5 or 6 years old. I walked to country school in deep snow. (I know it must have been at least a mile!) Anyway, that snow was so deep, I was afraid it would be over my head.

Another storm was in April. I was to entertain my club and a friend offered to keep the baby while I got ready. My husband was going to walk a couple of blocks to take her. The snow was above his knees. He took a fall and the baby landed in the deep, soft snow. I am sure there must have been a lot of snows through my 105 years.

My children had a lot of fun playing in the snow. I remember pulling them on their sled when they were small. My son and his pals would build snow forts and then have big snowball fights.

Isn’t it amazing after having a mild winter for so long and now a really a big snowstorm? I got to enjoy a few flowers before they were covered.

— norma hannaford