Stopped. Watched.

Another pom-pom game. Big one. Beat State! [photo]

In the parking lot of 14A4 District Court on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 – back window of a car advertising attorney Timothy Macdonald’s website: CountyJailSucks.com. [photo]

Another bear sighted near Dexter. Tree trimmers at Hudson Mills Metropark found this one hidden inside a dead pine tree. [photo]

Icy sidewalks – including the sidewalk outside Ann Arbor Open – force pedestrians into the street. A woman passing me says, “I’m not risking my neck on those sidewalks!”

Downtown Home & Garden knows maple sugaring is happening. The next week will be too cold but after that be ready to harvest your own sap to turn into sweet syrup. They have everything, even the correct drill bit. [photo]

Giant AT-AT-like Machine at former Blimpy site UM’s expanding campus. Excitement among workers. [photo]

Water about 6-8 inches deep is causing most drivers to proceed with caution. There is no way to find and clear the sewer grates without waders and protection from the splashing cars, and the danger of wading out into the road. I’ve never seen this area flood in the last 30 years. [photo 1] [photo 2] [photo 3] [photo 4]

Soon this will all seem as if it was a crazy dream. Already I can hardly recall when this sidewalk was an icy narrowly passable mess for pedestrians, and impossible for wheelchair users and strollers. [photo]

City crews working hard to clear storm drains. Rain in the forecast for tomorrow. [photo] [At last night's city council meeting, city administrator Steve Powers encouraged residents to help out with clearing storm drains.] [map of catch basin locations]

A curtain of icicles. [photo]

Ann Arbor dog parks deserve winter maintenance. [Sign next to overflowing garbage can indicates "No winter maintenance."] [photo]

Surface parking lot: Big scooper dumping snow into huge open truck with two smaller trucks awaiting their turns.

City crew in bright green vests clearing sidewalk and pedestrian ramps at corner of Veterans Memorial Park.

Transit sign going up!  [photo] [New Blake Transit Center nearing completion.]

Two-vehicle crash. Car over the snow bank, on sidewalk, one in street. AAPD on the scene. 8:55 a.m.

Two cute, sweatered pups tied up to a bike hoop outside of Zingerman’s Deli. [photo]

The ex-Oriental Express has new drywall.

Solar panels being installed on bus shelters at AAATA headquarters on S. Industrial [photo]

People waiting in line on Liberty for free Wafels.

Truckbed loaded with snow is being pulled out of Ann Arbor farmers market parking lot. [photo] Mounds of snow still remain.

It is annoying when someone clears their drive but ignores the sidewalk. It is really a problem when they clear the drive and throw up more obstacles for pedestrians. If I had hired this snow removal firm, I would be firing them. [photo] It was even worse earlier, before walkers had climbed over the snow boulders to try and pass safely.

Second bell has rung at Burns Park and not a single bus has arrived yet, due to the snow.

A modest pile of salt/sand remains at 721 N. Main, but it’s mostly sand. A stout shovel is mandatory. [photo] [The material is free to residents from the city of Ann Arbor, up to a 5-gallon limit.]

Flock of robins and grackles just passed through. Heading south. #whatdotheyknow?

Man pushing a stroller attached to skis. [photo] [photo]

Arbor Brewing setting up Winter Warriors outdoor beer garden. [photo]

In the westbound lane of M-14, road workers are running out into the middle of the highway with tar to patch potholes. It’s just like playing Frogger – absolutely insane.

American Red Cross mobile unit trailer being slowly and carefully hooked up to an enormous tow truck.

Pontiac Trail blocked (broken water main, presumably) just north of Barton, with expected traffic chaos thru the neighborhood.

Students putting up lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year. [photo]