When the Cumming fairgrounds light up in October and the evenings finally cool off, yards across town begin their long slide into leaf season. Winston's Outdoor Contractors works straight through it — the last mowings of the year, borders kept honest, and cleanups that take a lawn from buried back to open ground. Trimming finishes what the mower starts, and the blower leaves the walkways, porch and drive uncluttered. Working at dusk in that cool air, woodsmoke somewhere off in the trees and the season plainly turning, is about as good as outdoor work gets. By the time spring returns, those same properties are ready for a first cut.