Coming Together or What a Great Neighborhood!

I went outside at about 8:45 to begin the monumental job of shoveling us out.  I didn't want to wait too long because even as cold as it is, as the sun beats down on the snow which begins to melt and becomes much heavier.  I was the third person out on the cul de sac, quickly followed by my husband and the rest of our neighbors.  About that same time a huge CAT back hoe and a smaller Howard County plow came by to plow us out.  The smaller truck became stuck and the back hoe had to pull him out -- the snow is that deep!

 

After he pulled the smaller truck out, the back hoe returned and did another swipe at our cul de sac.  I thanked him and offered him water, tea, or coffee.  He declined, saying he appreciated it, which is when I said, "Well, how about the love of a good woman?"  (Really, I don't know what gets into me, sometimes). Luckily he laughed; we all laughed, but we noticed he didn't come back....Well I wasn't referring to ME, for Heaven's sake!  But I guess he didn't know that.

Within the half hour, all of our other neighbors came out and we all helped dig through the snow pack at the bottom of each driveway and then took took off the top 6" so the snow blowers could work more effectively.  By about 1:00 everyone of the 29 houses in our neighborhood had clear driveways.

 

This is our neighbor, Don.

                             Our other neighbor, Ken--Linda is standing behind the tree..

 

               Jerry and I dug a path to his driveway, so Don and Ken could get the snow blowers through.

 

                         Linda, Don, Ken, and Frasier working together.....

Who would have thought we'd have more snow in Maryland than they do in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics??   We're now all watching the forecast again - there's a possibility that Tuesday  might bring us more snow.  For right now -- I'm in denial.