The day after the snow

So yesterday was beautiful, with lots of snow (22.3" total, see previous post)... today started tranquilly, enough so for a short jog on the snow-covered streets. After showering, I realized I had work to do. Like yesterday, when I spent 90 mins "digging out" my Civic from the plowed-over side street, today was spent "digging". I started in the backyard, creating a path from my backdoor to my deck door and then clearing (mostly) the snow from around my car. Unfortunately there is a 6-foot-high plowed remnant right in front of where I park, so I am stuck with freeze-thaw ice puddles out my backdoor for at least the next month. :(

After church at Hispana Emanuel, my new neighbor Ricardo loaned me his snow shovel and I finished shoveling the rest of our sidewalk (he did the part from his end to the road; I picked up and went to my end). I've heard the news media repeatedly refer to cities and residents "digging out" after a big snowstorm; now, I know the metaphor, only it's not so metaphoric, more literal! Here are a few photos.