February in Englewood: the old cottonwoods around Cushing Park stand bare and grey against a sky that is somehow still blue, and eight inches came down overnight. Bear Creek Tree Service turns to snow removal when the weather closes in — plowing drives and lots, clearing walks, spreading ice melt where the shade keeps the ice honest. Storms here rarely announce themselves politely; they arrive on an east wind and pile against the north side of everything. The work starts in the dark, and the measure of it is simple, a driveway a car can leave without a running start. When the sun does its Colorado trick and burns the street dry by two in the afternoon, the sidewalks are already open.