Obsidian Hardscapers

About Obsidian Hardscapers

Melrose wakes early, and after a storm it wakes to the sound of a blade working down Main Street. Obsidian Hardscapers runs the snow side here — driveways taken down to bare ground, walks opened, lots cleared before the first cars come hunting for a space. Ell Pond freezes and the bowl of the town holds that cold, so whatever melts at noon is ice again by dark and the first clearing has to be thorough. From up near Mount Hood you can watch the weather come across, which is as good a cue as any to start the trucks. A cleared drive on a black winter morning is a small mercy, and it's worth doing carefully.