I hope you like giant piles of snow.
Because we’ve got them, in abundance. Most of the snow that covered our streets and parking lots is now piled on the edges of our streets and sidewalks. It’s mixed with road grime, dirt, rocks and trash and I’d swear that someone decided to curse us with giant dirty snow sundaes — at least a good snowfall meant that some of our surfaces got a good cleaning.
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