When the winter storms come in off the Pacific and park over Pasadena for three days, everything green doubles in a week. Platinum Paving & Landscaping shows up after the rain to bring it back down — mowing the sudden growth, cutting weeds out of the beds, edging the walks that runoff has filled with grit. The old brick blocks off Colorado Boulevard hold their puddles into the afternoon, and a yard cleared of storm litter is the first sign a house has come through fine. Feeding goes down while the soil is still soft and willing. It is steady seasonal work for houses throughout Pasadena and the towns just over its line.