In January the rim above Tallulah Gorge goes bare and blue, and you can read the shape of every lawn in the county — the slopes, the beds, the lines that were cut true last fall. Maldonado Hardscape LLC keeps those lines through the year around Clayton with lawn care: mowing on a regular turn, string trimming, edging along drives and walkways, and cleanup of leaves and clippings. Winter is when a yard shows its bones, and spring is when the tending starts paying visibly again. There's a real pleasure in the first green flush over ground that was kept clear all winter. Rabun County hands you both views if you stay through the whole circle.