The mill pond freezes over and Albion goes quiet in that particular February way, sound carrying flat across the ice. MH Lawn Care and snow removal reads the forecast the night before and is out with the plow when it counts, pushing driveways back and shoveling walks down to a clean edge. By late spring the same addresses land on the mowing list — cut, trimmed and edged on a weekly rotation. There is a good feeling in both versions of the job: a path opened through eight inches of new snow, or the smell of a fresh-mown yard on a Thursday afternoon. Winter or summer, the truck is headed the same direction.