Did you know: The city of Memphis doesn't own a single snow plow.

Growing up in Missouri I remember how, every time it snowed, I would curse the seemingly army-sized fleet of snow plows that would be out in full force, shoveling away any hope we had of getting out of school. Though I have gained a great deal of respect for snow plow drivers in my later years; growing up, they were some of my least favorite people (apologies to my snow plow driving Uncle Jim).

I can't say I blame the city for not spending money on a piece of equipment that would rarely be used here, but I guess I'm still not used to the idea of not having snow plows around. Seems strange to me.

This past weekend in Memphis we didn't get much snow - it was mostly ice - so I don't think a snow plow would have done much good anyways.

Snow/Ice days can be fun, but if they last too long, I get susceptible to cabin fever. So, on Saturday I decided to brave the elements and take some pictures from around the neighborhood. I ended up putting them into a little slide show for our Uptown Newsletter website, complete with banjo background music, which you can see below:

Uptown on Ice from Uptown Front Porch on Vimeo.