Out at Clarks Point the wind never really quits, and it teaches you something about both halves of the year. Almeida's Landscaping mows and trims through the warm months, edging beds and hauling the clippings away, then swings over to plowing, shoveling and salting once the first nor'easter stacks up above the South End. Autumn is the hinge: leaves off, lawns cut short, everything put away tidy so the snow has nothing to hide. Winter mornings stay simple and unglamorous — open the driveway, open the walk, get the ice before it sets hard. Come April the mower comes back out and New Bedford greens up again along the water.