Two neighbors stop for a chat between shoveling their own sidewalks and driveways and those of the 80-year-old neighbor in between their houses. Darryl (left) is from Australia and just arrived in America and Arlington in 2021. Oleg is Ukrainian and has lived in America since 1995 but has lived just down the block for a couple of years.
Early Friday morning the ground was already dusted with snow before the predicted inches of snowfall later in the day. Schools were closed for the second time in the week. Announcements from county government advised that park and recreation facilities would be open from 10am-5pm on Saturday with all later scheduled activities cancelled. No Saturday night Teen Night at Lubber Run. Federal employees were on a two-hour delay. Garbage wouldn’t be collected on Friday but additional crews and trucks may be able to catch up with Wednesday, Thursday and Friday routes on Saturday … or maybe not.
Oleg tosses a big shovelful of snow from his neighbor’s sidewalk.
Buddy has stopped romping in the snow long enough to pose for this picture on his walk with owner Judy Keen.
A small snow plow circles the cul de sac where the regular county plows haven’t made an initial swipe yet on Saturday morning.
Neighborhood children take advantage of a small hill in front of their house to sled over and over down the hill to the sidewalk.
Icicles drip from the gutter in the backyard of this Arlington house.