Snow on campus always begins with quiet, calm wonder at the unexpected beauty then inevitably descends into hijinks. Compared to the events that followed some earlier storms (here in 1918 and here in 1929) these snow creatures are pretty mild. The architects can’t help themselves, though:
Bonus: Not as much fun when you’re a full-fledged adult. My husband refused to take a pajama day and went straight off to work. And my beloved but Yankee son-in-law had a satisfying opportunity to use the scraper he has unaccountably held on to since moving here.
Extra Bonus: Almost immediately after retiring I found myself working other jobs so I don’t have much chance to get in to the archives these days. I do have a bunch of unused pictures in my laptop, though, so I’ll try to post a bit more. I also managed to figure out how to print out the entire blog (with comments!) and my next project is to index it so it will be useful for others later. Just in case you thought I wasn’t really working all these years, this isn’t even the whole thing:
That must be February 12th. First time I ever saw snow stay on the ground in Houston.
I think it snowed twice while I was at Rice. 1957 to 1961, both times on almost the same date. My roommate was from Florida and hadn’t experienced snow. Said she came north so she could do that.
The snow owl looks very stylish.
In response to THIS [quote]:
“Just in case you thought […], this isn’t even the whole thing:”:
My comment is:
WOW! That is A LOT!
Wonderful photos down memory lane from Houston 1960 snow!
Amazing work on those archives! Thank you! 🦉
My in-laws gave us ice scrapers a few years ago, as they were uncommon in auto supply shops down here. We have used them a few times (including last night), and nothing else will do. I remember the big snows of 1974 and 2004, and the smaller snow of ? January 1988 ?
I was in James Fulton’s intro to philosophy course that morning and he said we foolish to have shown out. Then he told us to get out and have a snowball fight! We were quick to take his advice!
Loved reading about the 1960 snow day – such a lekker story from the past! It’s wild to think how everyone must’ve been chuffed to see snow in SA back then. Thanks for keeping our history alive with these cool memories, keep them coming!