oh but i have nothing against old styles ... but with such a neat dress i'd still prefer to have my hair loose! i think i just don't have a head for crown braids really.

hehe ... i also don't really wear young sporty clothes 

well, one of my best memories is going over to my grandmother's house where my mother would then go through the process of 'letting down granna's hair'. By the time she had taken down the bun consisting of 4 long white braids it hung clear to the floor when she was sitting in her chair.

Then they would go to the sink and my mother would gently wash it being careful to try to not tangle the solid white mane.

She could not do her hair by herself. In fact I grew up feeling that hair doing was part of a collective process between family members and freinds... especially when it is very long and hard to even wash alone.

then my mother would gently finger comb it to lay down both her front and back and that is when the baking began! Baking of course helped make the kitchen warm and it would take several hours for her hair to air dry. You could not style it wet because 'it would start to rot on her head'

helping braid that hair was wonderful and when she passed away it was part of my exchange with her that I really missed... it seemed to be so much of 'who she was'... the little old round lady with the big bun.

Everyone says I look just like her

Rosa, what special memories!  And looking like your precious granna is wonderful too.