Robert Frost said that good fences make good neighbors, but when you live in the suburbs, you are sometimes so close that a fence makes no difference. Of all the photos I took of last weekend’s snowstorm, I’m choosing this one because it shows the essence of our neighborhood.
After the storm passed, everyone came out to start the big dig. But no one did it alone. One neighbor owns a snow blower, and that went up and down the driveways and sidewalks on our block all day. You can see the plume of it on the right hand side of the photo. The cars were snowed in by and covered by drifts, but each one was shoveled out as a team effort. Bottles came out and shots were had (for the purpose of keeping warm, of course).
Sometimes we lose touch in the winter when we are all tucked snug inside our houses against the cold and the dark, but it only takes one good snowstorm to reconnect and make the day turn from a chore, to a chilly party.
The photo challenge was created by:
- Cathy from Nanacathydotcom
- Jane from Rainbowjunkiecorner
- Melissa from The Aran Artisan
- Sandra from Wild Daffodil
alookatthelittlethings 
brrrr! Wonderful teamwork! 🙂
The teamwork made it so much nicer. It was a brrrr kind of day.
Super neighbourhood, lovely picture.
I took a few pretty pictures, but this one summed up the day.
Great photo
Thanks. There were no cars on the road so the snow stayed pretty for about a day. Now it’s kind of grey and melty.
That’s a lovely picture.. reminds me of the old days in the UK when we had to get out to clear.
Doesn’t really settle here – Well it is the mediterranean ..
This photo takes me back to my old neighborhood in Buffalo! We had the same social experience there, after every big storm.
You must have had this much snow, or more, regularly up there. We always thought we’d live out farther with some land, but parental health issues brought us to this little neighborhood and we’ve discovered a lot of good things about living here too.
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Hi Christina, I nearly missed your lovely photo this week – if you leave a link in the comments on NanaCathy’s post next time, I’ll be sure to see it and include it in the Review. I wouldn’t want to miss it!
Great to hear of everyone getting together to help.
It is one of the nicest parts about my neighborhood.
UK weather NEWS focussed a lot on the snow storms hitting the eastern States. It’s good to see your photo homing in on the reality of it, generating a neighbourly dig in in the aftermath. Lovely.💚💛❤️💜💙
It was a whopper of a snowstorm, but with all hands pitching in the digging out went quickly.