Ice-out is Augusta's true calendar. One week the Kennebec is a white road below Water Street; the next it is running dark and loud, and the whole city seems to exhale. All Seasons Yard Care keeps time with that river — plowing and shoveling while the banks are buried, then rolling out mowers the moment the ground firms enough to hold a wheel. A driveway opened at five in the morning and a lawn cut level in July are the same job to them, only wearing different weather. Both end with somebody stepping outside and finding the day already made easier.