Fog settles in the Oostanaula valley most cool mornings until the sun climbs the ridge and lifts it off Calhoun's rooftops. AAJ Tree Service starts the day in that light — pruning hardwoods while they're bare and their shape is honest, trimming crowns back off eaves and driveways, removing the trees a wet spring has left tilting. Northwest Georgia gets its share of ice, and ice finds the weak union in a limb every time; the storm cleanup after is a long day of bucking, hauling and raking until the yard is a yard again. Come summer the work moves into the shade, thinning crowns so wind passes through the big oaks instead of shoving them. The finish is always the same: brush gone, ground clean, the tree looking like it was born that way.