A paver drive in January is a beautiful thing and a delicate one. Frost draws its patterns across the joints overnight, and come the storm, that surface needs a plow operator who knows to ride the blade a hair high and take the last quarter-inch with a shovel. Creative Hardscapes Inc. clears snow that way — off brick aprons, off stone walks, off the stepped entries where a careless pass would chip an edge you would look at all summer. Ice control goes down measured, not flung. What is left behind is a drive you can walk in street shoes and a surface that still looks right in May, for homes around Algonquin and the towns along the river.