Late April warms the ridge above Glen Oak and the hillside yards green up all at once, faster than anyone is ready for. Bryan's Lawncare and Landscaping works those slopes — mowing terraced lawns that fall away toward the street, trimming around retaining walls and old stone steps, cutting a spade edge where beds meet grass and freshening the mulch behind it. Spring cleanup comes first: winter's litter raked out of the shrub line, the last brittle leaves pulled from under the yews. There is a plain pleasure in standing at the curb afterward, looking up at a lawn that finally matches the season. Peoria gives out a short, brilliant spring, and they spend all of it outdoors.