Orrington runs along the east bank of the Penobscot in a long ribbon of fields and woodlots, Fields Pond quiet behind it and weather coming up the valley off the water. Harbor Shore Landscaping tends properties on both sides of the year — mowing, trimming and edging while the fields are green, cleanups in spring and fall, and plowing once the salt trucks start rolling on Main Road. Winter here means opening driveways, clearing entries and walks by hand, and sanding the slick spots river damp leaves behind. Long rural drives take patience in a snowstorm, and that is the part worth doing well. Open by morning, mowed by Thursday — that is the shape of the year.