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City Shovels Snow!

It's a Snow Day . . Hooray! ! !

And the boyz are taking a nap.

Last night I heard a gravel truck on my hilly street spreading sand for the expected storm. I guess our Mayor Ciciline doesn't want to be caught with his pants down again like the last snow debacle he mis-managed where our garbage wasn't even picked up that week. I heard the garbage trucks early in the morning so I guess that tactic worked for him: He dodged one bullet by making sure the garbage trucks could get around. I guess so did Nickerson of the DPW who is supposed to oversee snow removal and garbage pick-up.

This small storm is of no magnitude compared to the earlier storm where the city and State fell flat on their faces and made another fiasco of their response to their failure. Finger pointing was rampant and the blame was laid at the feet of sacrificial victims. The City Council made a show of trying to fire the School Superintendent only to back off a few days later practically admitting that it was all for show.

Well, it seems that they learned a lesson but as usual with this City administration, too little too late.

Still it's fun to watch the snow come down, and I only had to step out on my rear deck in my robe to shoot a couple of pictures with my trusty little point & shoot.

Just shooting across the street.

I like how the white snow covering everything gives the world a bit of a monochromatic look where any little bit of color seems to be magnified in intensity

The Muted Monochrome of Winter

Posted at January 14, 2008 1:30 PM