Stan ready to snow blow
Jack
Keith Rennison and Stan Kropewnicki
After two foot of snow fell in Lakewood last Wednesday 12/22/06, the city in settling in to snow blowing and sun shiny days.
We woke to a beautiful morning of quite still snow cascading around the yard hanging heavy on the tree branches. These are definitely FGs (fat globs of snow) on the trees as we so endearingly called them in years past when riding up the ski lifts after snow had freshly fallen.
The neighborhood was quite, with not a car on the road. Even the paper delivery was suspended for a day while we all waited for the snow to stop.
We blew the snow out of our driveway first and dropped by our daughter Jamie’s apartment to pick her up. Stan waited in the street while I went to get her out as there was no place to park with the deep snow. Her door way was drifted with about three foot of snow keeping the door from opening from the inside. She, I and the dog Sydney tromped through the deep snow to the van just glancing at her car piled high with snow.
The next day we started on the apartment. A snow blower was not the right tool for the job except down the path in front of the doorways. Several tenents had already shoveled out their cars and made a path wide enough for us to park in their spot when they left for work. The city snow plows had gone down most neighborhood streets by that time at least once so we didn’t have any trouble driving through this area.
After working for a few hours at the apartment we finally went back home to try to find someone with a front end blade. All the snow removal companies listed in the yellow pages were booked solid. One of the tenants called to let us know that someone with a blade on a pick-up stopped to ask if we needed some help. What luck.!.
He started right away. Stan dropped me off at Walmart to pick up a few things like milk, eggs and bread. The store was packed and all but three carts at the doorway were being used. I took one and quickly filled it while Stan dropped back to the apartment to pay for the removal.
Next day we tackled Jamie’s car. Her landlord also showed up to help us shovel it out. He is a strong guy of 75 and shoveled twice for every one of mine.
We all cozied back up in the house for another day. The sun was out melting some of the snow and brighting up things. We took a ride to Golden and stopped by the river. It was beautiful with the sun glistening on the snow and ice in the water. There were several sculptures along the path way. We had visited this same area at night and it has the most beautifully decorated tree with bright blue, purple, red and green lights on a tall pine tree. Other trees along the rivers bank were decorated in clear lights making is one of the most enchanting settings.
We stopped by the local Safeway to pick up last minute items for Christmas dinner. To our surprise the store was remarkably empty of staples like, milk, fruits and vegetables. It is amazing how we depend on so many kinds of items at our local store that we buy when the desire hits us. With highways and airports closed, the trickle down impact was felt.
Now that all the snow is blown from driveways and parking lots, its time to have a relaxing lunch with a friend.