Some Januaries the mountains hand Dahlonega an ice storm, and the pines above town bend until the whole ridge sounds like it is talking. Rebollar's Tree Service goes out into those mornings — saws warm, roads blocked, a hemlock down across a fence line. Storm damage cleanup is the loud half of the work; the quiet half is the pruning and trimming done in the mild weeks, cuts that keep a tree from becoming next winter's emergency. Removal comes when a trunk is genuinely finished, and it is done close to the ground with every piece carried off. By afternoon the sun comes over the courthouse dome, the lanes are passable, and a yard looks like a yard once more.