From the bridges over the Illinois you get the long view of Ottawa: rooftops, water, and a sky wide enough to see weather coming an hour before it arrives. Taylor's Way puts that lead time to use — mowing, trimming and edging while the season allows, then plowing driveways, clearing walkways and salting once the first real storm crosses the valley. October's leaf work bleeds straight into November's first push, and the calendar quits mattering. What matters is whether a drive is open at six and whether a lawn holds its line in August. Both are simple to describe and worth doing carefully.