Sunderland sits between Mount Toby and the Connecticut, on river ground so rich the fields run right to the water, with the great Buttonball sycamore standing over Main Street like it owns the place. Winter funnels straight down this valley, and D. Boivin Property Maintenance answers it with plowing, shoveling, walkway clearing and sand on the drives the wind has polished to glass. Summer turns the same ground into fast grass, and the work becomes mowing, edging, trimming and cleanups at both ends of the season. Between the mountain's shade and the river's fog, no two properties in town dry at the same hour — worth knowing before you drop a deck. Sunderland and the valley towns nearby, in the cold months and the green ones alike.