Snapshot of the snowbound, Day Five

Lisa writes:

• Two foolhardy neighbor men up on the ice- and snow-covered roofs of their two-story houses, shoveling snow. [Kids, don't try this at home. In fact, don't try this anywhere.]


• Neighbor's two big, silly dogs who climbed up a drift to escape from their yard ... straight into another neighbor's fenced yard. Then they couldn't get back into their own yard again and stood at the fence, pawing and crying, until the family came out and rescued them.


• The cockeyed optimism of the people who dug out their trash cans and put them at the curb (or the nearest approximation of the curb) for pick up by trash trucks who will never come today.


• Family down the street who shirked their civil sidewalk shoveling duty in favor of building three truly enormous snowmen.


• Huge, hand-written sign in front of Home Depot: "NO snow shovels, snow blowers, space heaters. SORRY!"


• Our snow-filled backyard, completely flawless except for the foot and tail prints of the resident squirrels.


• A sprinkling of pinenuts on the front porch, for said squirrels, still uneaten after three days. Ingrates.


• Local two-way streets most have been been plowed one-lane wide, leading to some of this: