A nor'easter comes into Dartmouth off Buzzards Bay sideways, and by three in the morning the north end of town is one long white field with mailboxes standing in it. John Moniz Landscaping Inc is already out in that, pushing driveways open on the roads near Hixville and Faunce Corner so the day can begin on time. Summer asks for something gentler — mowing, trimming, borders kept honest across the low green country the Paskamansett runs through. Both halves of the year carry their own pride: pavement showing black by sunrise, a yard cut level at the end of a July afternoon. Same trucks, same hands, different weather.