Come December the Greenbrier lawns go the color of straw, frost sits on them until mid-morning, and the ridgelines north of town stand bare and blue. R & A lawn maintenance keeps a hand on those yards right through it — leaves cleared, beds tidied, the last cuts made before dormancy and the first ones ready when the green returns. In season it is mowing, trimming and edging on a set schedule, with clippings cleared off the drive rather than left in rows. Nothing about that is complicated; it is simply done, and then done again. A well-kept yard in a dull month makes its own small argument for spring.