Casualty of Snow

At the end of the summer, our next door neighbor hired landscapers to trim the pear tree in front of our homes, even though that's technically the city's job. He was concerned, after heavy and damaging snows last winter, that the wistful, long-branched tree might not make it through another season of snow and ice. Dead limbs and those that reached down into traffic or up toward our windows were sacrificed in the best interest of the tree and the neighborhood. Good thing, too, else last night's storm might have resulted in far more damage.

Also, aren't H and I excellent snow clearers / fallen tree branch minimizers?