Cherry Creek threads the whole length of Parker, and the trail beside it is where the town's weather announces itself first — cottonwoods turning, or a rim of ice along the bank. BestYard.com keeps pace with both halves of that year. Warm months mean mowing, trimming and edging, and the cleanups that clear a yard of whatever wind and season have left behind. Cold months mean a plow blade on a driveway at four in the morning, walkways shoveled down to the concrete, and ice treated before anyone steps out onto it. It is unglamorous timing work, and the payoff is a household that opens the door to a clear path and simply goes about the day.