October in Denver is a short, brilliant show — ash and maple turning at once around Congress Park, the light going amber by four in the afternoon, and everyone half-aware that the first snow could arrive any week now. COlorful Landscaping LLC works right across that hinge, finishing the mowing season and raking down the beds, then showing up with a shovel when the sky finally makes good on the threat. Summer here is mowing and edging on tidy grid blocks where the gardens are old and generous; winter is walks cleared before the school buses run. Denver rarely gives a clean handoff between the two — some years there's a snow in September and a warm week in January — so the plan stays flexible and the yard stays looked after either way. Color in autumn, clear paths in February: the same care, differently expressed.