Cicero changes trades in November: one week the maples are letting go along Central Avenue, the next there is salt on the steps near Morton College. Mario's Landscaping Services Inc runs straight through that handoff — leaf cleanups and final cuts, then plowing, shoveling walks and steps, and salting drives once the cold settles for good. Winter here is stubborn rather than dramatic, a long series of modest storms that need answering at odd hours. When the thaw finally arrives, the mowing, trimming and edging start again on the same streets, same houses, same order. Knowing a block in both of its seasons is its own quiet advantage.