Coal Creek threads through Erie under cottonwoods that go gold in October and stand bare-limbed by December, and the year here swings hard between those two pictures. A-1 Lawn Service follows the swing: mowing, trimming and edging while the bluegrass is running fast, then plowing and shoveling once storms come down off the mountains. Autumn cleanups gather the leaf drift the creek path sends into yards by the bagful. Winter mornings mean a driveway opened and walks cut down to concrete while the sky over the plains is still dark. Two halves of one calendar, and both end the same way — with a property that is easy to walk out of.