Late November along Quentin Road is the hinge of the year: the grass has stopped, the leaves are down, and the first hard forecast is sitting out on the horizon. J & J Landscaping & Snow Removal Co. crosses that line every year in Palatine, mowing, trimming and running fall cleanups right up to the end, then plows on and salt loaded for whatever winter sends. Properties out toward the Inverness edge run big and open, with long drives that take real work in either direction. One season's reward is a lawn holding its lines into the cold; the other's is a drive cleared end to end before dawn. Same ground, two entirely different jobs.