Snow arrives in Norwalk sideways, off the water and up the Norwalk River valley, and it changes character block by block — wet and heavy down near the harbor, dry and drifting by the time it reaches Broad River and the hill at Mill Hill. Villa Nueva Lanscaping works those hours nobody else is awake for, when the plows have thrown a wall across the end of the driveway and the day still expects you at seven. Their winter work is clearing: driveways opened, walks and entries cut back to pavement, the path from the door to the car made simple again. There is a satisfaction in a street where every house is still buried and one drive is already black and dry. Come daylight, the storm belongs to the sledders again.