tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post1158833846226207359..comments2024-03-27T16:17:04.142-04:00Comments on The Marmelade Gypsy: We Were Tougher ThenJeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-15350428852853173412015-02-27T18:13:02.239-05:002015-02-27T18:13:02.239-05:00I don't think kids are tougher. I think kids ...I don't think kids are tougher. I think kids get so involved in the games they're playing in the snow that they don't notice the cold so much. Also, they haven't lived through as many cold Winters - and tend to live for the moment anyway - so they're able to just enjoy themselves instead of focussing on memories of how cold it was last year. Not to mention the fact kids don't tense so much when they fall, so they don't get as hurt. Oh, and they also don't know enough about how bills work to worry about the extra heating costs.<br /><br />I'm one of those who gets so excited about snow that I don't notice the cold. Not that we get much of it, unfortunately.Victoria Ziglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872256336482196922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-77958029998629745382015-02-26T06:38:24.399-05:002015-02-26T06:38:24.399-05:00Lovely nostalgic photographs.
Heather :)Lovely nostalgic photographs.<br />Heather :)littleRamstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519991078850087411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-31822171314630942442015-02-26T03:54:14.744-05:002015-02-26T03:54:14.744-05:00I know. I know. Even down here it's 10 or 12 i...I know. I know. Even down here it's 10 or 12 in the morning and we had snow again last night. You are adorable in those pics. You look a little like me in the first two. We're both redheads. Spring is out there somewhere.... waiting.Bella Rumhttp://bellarum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-58659295670904102412015-02-25T16:02:32.904-05:002015-02-25T16:02:32.904-05:00As a little girl I lived in Alabama and we had a f...As a little girl I lived in Alabama and we had a few snows and you're so right - we had a freedom of play. No responsibilities just be a kid. What darling pictures you've shared. Is that you? We're still covered up in snow and I'm dreaming of 'green'! ;)<br />Be a sweetie,<br />Shelia ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-86031268484194745802015-02-25T15:45:47.101-05:002015-02-25T15:45:47.101-05:00Hi Jeanie! My wife Beateis a blogging friend of yo...Hi Jeanie! My wife Beateis a blogging friend of yours so I wanted to pop in and become a follower :) I'm one of those weirdos who loves winter myself. Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-6834683860920111832015-02-25T15:23:23.979-05:002015-02-25T15:23:23.979-05:00Those photos are precious. Just looking at those ...Those photos are precious. Just looking at those little faces made me smile. We have 40 degrees today. First time for outside recess in ages. YES!Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-55101184184013489262015-02-25T07:34:05.720-05:002015-02-25T07:34:05.720-05:00Those childhood photos are awesome!! I love seein...Those childhood photos are awesome!! I love seeing pictures of others' childhoods! You are right, though, we were tougher then. I don't remember the cold bothering me so much and I know my siblings and I spent HOURS outside in the snow. Now I watch my nephews brave the cold - even subzero windchills - with smiles on their faces. <br /><br />This winter hasn't been as bad as last year but dang it's been cold this week and I am just SO OVER IT. So I am grumbling with you, but trying to keep it to myself as much as I can because I'm always afraid someone is going to say, "well at least you aren't in Charlotte"... (because that does happen often whenever I say something about Minnesota that isn't positive). I am glad I'm not in Charlotte but sometimes I want to complain about something without having that thrown back in my face! All that said, here's hoping spring arrives soon!!Lisa from Lisa's Yarnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335500882510597919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-5192143753638120732015-02-24T22:48:18.817-05:002015-02-24T22:48:18.817-05:00Your childhood sounds like mine-I do remember a fe...Your childhood sounds like mine-I do remember a few snow days-I loved them-great day to stay home and bake. Your photos are adorable.Esmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01558695355351437784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-22047863736103564512015-02-24T19:52:43.759-05:002015-02-24T19:52:43.759-05:00I love your childhood photos - you look like you! ...I love your childhood photos - you look like you! I enjoyed winter play in childhood, and I guess I still haven't outgrown it. (Though I do stay inside when it gets into minus digits.)Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-20789965451754823662015-02-24T19:17:19.978-05:002015-02-24T19:17:19.978-05:00Sounds very familiar. I dont ever remember saying...Sounds very familiar. I dont ever remember saying. "Its too cold" growing up in ND. We just switched our "toys" to skates and sleds.Beth Leintzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804430853255425741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-91395962252952428522015-02-24T17:19:42.954-05:002015-02-24T17:19:42.954-05:00So sorry you are having this cold weather. Prayin...So sorry you are having this cold weather. Praying and believe Spring sunshine will come and melt it all away. I love the pictures of you in the snow as a child. What special memories.Marilyn Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115440271615593122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-20288539076536562352015-02-24T13:37:09.748-05:002015-02-24T13:37:09.748-05:00Thank you for sharing such wonderful photographs. ...Thank you for sharing such wonderful photographs. Like you we had snow in Winter in the Cotswolds when I was a kid. There was never so much that we ever got fed up of it. One Winter the film crew arrived in the village because the temperature was lower than Siberia. That was the year I got boot roller skates so I had to clear a large strip of knee high snow so I could try them out. Another year I was at a friend's overnight in Wychwood and it snowed, so I ended up staying the whole weekend until the lane was cleared. We made a huge snowman and lived on hot chocolate. Happy memories. Like you though, I am ready for Spring now. We have snowdrops and crocuses are flowering in my garden. Spring is nearly here.Houseelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524577322507027554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-43836543576439424372015-02-24T11:57:51.192-05:002015-02-24T11:57:51.192-05:00Everything changes...doesn't it.
You have such...Everything changes...doesn't it.<br />You have such an array of precious photos of you as a girl Jeanie...in some you remind me of Shirley Temple ♥<br />So I may be one of the few that does not complain about winter weather...I enjoy being in hibernation mode.<br />Now when hot skanky humid weather descends on us here in the Wash DC area I do a bit of kvetching as the heat and I just do not get along.<br />So sitting here with layers and a nice cup of hot tea seems pretty cozy to me.<br />Less than a month for spring to arrive ... on the calendar at least ;-)<br />oxo~*~Patty Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953758102509632020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-91286423158857471192015-02-24T10:51:31.606-05:002015-02-24T10:51:31.606-05:00I'll bet you walked 5 miles uphill in the snow...I'll bet you walked 5 miles uphill in the snow to get to school too :-)The Artful Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039109515963974739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-37089137944660272632015-02-24T10:07:46.602-05:002015-02-24T10:07:46.602-05:00I think kids are so adaptable they don't reall...I think kids are so adaptable they don't really notice heat and cold, just take it for granted. They have so much else to concentrate on. Mind you by the time I was 11 I really noticed the cold winters in Germany. I remember walking along with frozen frozen feet!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-84643448854187033722015-02-24T08:46:04.054-05:002015-02-24T08:46:04.054-05:00My childhood winters looked exactly like yours. As...My childhood winters looked exactly like yours. As a matter of fact, my teen-aged winters looked much the same, in the sense that we always were outdoors, doing something. I'd walk (!) home from school, do my homework, and then, after supper, sling my ice skates over my shoulder and walk down to the park. I'd skate for a couple of hours, then walk home. It was wonderful fun.<br /><br />Honestly, I'm not sure the issue is that we were tougher as kids. I think our whole society has so lost its connection to and understanding of the natural world, we've lost our ability to cope. We expect things always to be comfortable, and when they aren't, we gripe.<br /><br />Not to dismiss very real concerns about slipping on ice, and so on. Age brings wisdom, too, and if we're wise we do what we can to minimize the dangers of the season. And of course it can drag on -- even down here, where we've only got freezing rain advisories today, there are a lot of people looking at one another and saying, "Enough, already!"shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-87294733138054240712015-02-24T06:32:19.426-05:002015-02-24T06:32:19.426-05:00Jeanie, you are an excellent writer. Your repetiti...Jeanie, you are an excellent writer. Your repetition of "We were tougher then" is a very effective device in poetry, and you have a winner here....because it's true, and many of us can relate. <br /><br />I grew up in sunny, HOT California, but have lived my entire adult life in Boston and here in Minneapolis, and yet, your words resonate with me. Yes, we are waiting for this infernal cold to go away. Even I can't take it anymore because since I grew up in such a different environment, the snow and even the cold have been novelties for me, until NOW!<br /><br />Let us pray! Castles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-87815812137980066532015-02-24T03:34:13.806-05:002015-02-24T03:34:13.806-05:00Love those childhood photos of yours!
I personally...Love those childhood photos of yours!<br />I personally hated snow even as a child and trying to remember I have the feeling that winters were much colder back then with much more snow. But then I am living at a different place... Anyway I wish that winter will end soon for both of us!<br />Stay warm! DagmarQuiltmoose - Dagmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825035800046303186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-62523758259752797542015-02-24T00:02:59.287-05:002015-02-24T00:02:59.287-05:00Loved seeing little girl you playing in the snow, ...Loved seeing little girl you playing in the snow, just adorable,<br />So hope the sun comes out for you soon.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778709902157945708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-76015489580511368262015-02-23T22:11:27.038-05:002015-02-23T22:11:27.038-05:00I love those childhood pictures of you in the snow...I love those childhood pictures of you in the snow, Jeanie! That bright, sweet face was the same even then! I would have envied you as a child. I grew up in Los Angeles and snow days were very rare -- there was only one major snow. It was in 1949. I was not quite four years old and remember it well because it was such a rare happening. I was out in it as much as my parents would let me! But now I'm just as happy to live in a warm climate and read about all the wintry weather up north. I hope spring comes for you soon!Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-46224542547427514132015-02-23T22:11:26.258-05:002015-02-23T22:11:26.258-05:00I love those childhood pictures of you in the snow...I love those childhood pictures of you in the snow, Jeanie! That bright, sweet face was the same even then! I would have envied you as a child. I grew up in Los Angeles and snow days were very rare -- there was only one major snow. It was in 1949. I was not quite four years old and remember it well because it was such a rare happening. I was out in it as much as my parents would let me! But now I'm just as happy to live in a warm climate and read about all the wintry weather up north. I hope spring comes for you soon!Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-25984071977977181152015-02-23T19:20:22.134-05:002015-02-23T19:20:22.134-05:00Oh we were definitely tougher when we were kids. ...Oh we were definitely tougher when we were kids. And you're right, snow days off from school were indeed very rare. Now it seems like it's called off before anything even happens.. before a flake falls! What's UP with that? :) And another thing, like you say, i wasn't afraid of falling. I would just get up and go some more, like i was asking for it. But my hips couldn't take many more falls these days. Plus, we didn't have to shovel when we were kids. At least i didn't. When my brother got old enough and strong enough, he helped my Dad..Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005482538480063372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-67000824292995717102015-02-23T17:47:15.397-05:002015-02-23T17:47:15.397-05:00I'm sure you've heard "no sense, no f...I'm sure you've heard "no sense, no feeling"....... :-)<br /><br />I think kids have a different value system, and being cold is less important to them than doing what they want to do outside.<br /><br />I think we are less interested in doing outside things (most of us...), so we mind the cold more. I personally have no interest in sledding or skating (and, like you, was never interested in snowball fights!)..... <br /><br />I'm not tired of winter. :-) I know that "too hot!" is the result of the end of winter, and I'd rather have it cold than too hot. :-)<br />I need orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-22472049657953568142015-02-23T17:46:30.007-05:002015-02-23T17:46:30.007-05:00I remember being in 6th grade in Wisconsin during ...I remember being in 6th grade in Wisconsin during one of my dad's overseas deployments. Mom went to Wisconsin for some reason that year. But, California always beckoned us back and indeed it did. The winter was cold and fun and we were bundled to our noses. We would throw snowballs at each other and I'll never forget a curmudgeonly old man getting made at us for cutting across his snow covered yard. I guess he liked the snow all nice and smooth and unblemished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-20243437775090248342015-02-23T16:43:21.613-05:002015-02-23T16:43:21.613-05:00I didn't grow up in a country with snow so I ...I didn't grow up in a country with snow so I was always excited to see and feel what it is like. My first snow was in China,I liked it but it rarely happened and it was not enough to play.<br /><br />When I moved yo Russia, oh I received more than I asked for. It was a tremendous snow and unbearable cold. I enjoyed the first few weeks of it though but later I've had enough. This year was different though. I kinda learned to actually like the cold, I didn't mind lots of snow. It is something I have learned to accept as a part of me. <br /><br />Although I cannot really say that I was tougher towards cold as a child, I fo unerstand what you're saying. <br /><br />Your childhood pictures are great :)psychelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481182811314917401noreply@blogger.com