I am 68 years of age and I remember that my mother always wore a bonnet and generally long sleeves. I can remember her saying: "The sun is not your friend". Without all the dermatologists' information she had it right and I wished I had followed her example more diligently. Howard Cook Washington State -----Original Message----- From: s garcia [mailto:tgarcia6@stx.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 10:54 AM To: TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXWISE-L] GRANDMA, APRON Don, How right you are. Those old timer farmers knew the best way to beat the heat stroke was to keep the head covered from the sun. It was such a habit of my Mama to don her slat bonnet and Daddy his straw hat, that it was second nature to them both. When we girls were young and had to help in the fields she would try her best to get us to wear bonnets so we wouldn't get so brown and look like "field hands" which didn't make sense to us. They knew without TV ads that the sun in full force was harmful in more ways than one. Shirley in TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Cates" <hrc1@casscomm.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 11:25 AM Subject: [TXWISE-L] GRANDMA, APRON > My grandmother lived in rural Oklahoma, the apron stories brought back many good memories, but I also remember driving up to grandmother home and seeing her in the garden with a big bonnet on. It seemed to go with the apron, don >