On a tour of downtown Danbury and Brookfield, these are some of the images I caught as folks were shoveling, sledding,walking the dog, or in the case of Brookfield’s town leaders, manning an empty Town Hall with the help of First Selectman Bill Tinsley’s loyal pets: Golden Retrievers Lexi, 10, and Toby, 6.

First Selectman Bill Tinsley and his faithful companion, Lexi, 10, man an empty Town Hall on Wednesday.

The Barahona family gas up their snow plow at the Citgo station on Main Street in Danbury during the snowstorm Wednesday

Brookfielder Doug Farrell and his four-year-old French bulldog, Molly, sojourn in the snowstorm to the Municipal Center on Pocono Road so Molly can stretch her legs a bit. But the cold on her paws led to her getting snuggled on the way to the car.