February in New Lenox is bright and merciless — sun on old snow, a wind that finds the gap in your collar, and ice welded to the pavement by Tuesday's brief melt. Perennial Companies, Inc is the winter constant on the properties it serves, plowing driveways and lots, opening walkways down to the surface, and salting wherever the refreeze takes hold. What perennial means out here is simply coming back: every storm, every year, without needing to be asked twice. Bare concrete underfoot is a small mercy at six in the morning. The cold is temporary; the habit is not.