The spring storms are the beautiful ones and the heavy ones both — wet snow loading every branch over the older Westminster streets until the whole neighborhood bends a little. Senn's Tree Service turns out for that weather to open the ground back up: drives plowed, walks cleared, the packed slush under the mailbox broken loose before it hardens. Snow like that weighs twice what winter snow does, so the work is deliberate and the passes are narrow and repeated rather than heroic. Paths to doors, gates and sidewalks come first, since those are the routes people take without thinking. By the time the sun gets to it, the branches have lifted and the pavement is already dry.