Attica's country is gravel ridge and woodlot, oak and hickory standing in the fencerows between fields that run on toward the Lapeer hills. Owen Tree Service works that mix — taking down the big oaks gone hollow beside a barn, trimming crowns back off houses and drives, pruning young hardwoods so they grow with one leader instead of three. Thunderheads build in the west on a summer afternoon and it does not take much to put a top across a two-track, so storm damage cleanup is part of the rhythm of the season. The pleasure is all in the after — a clear lane, a level yard, sun back on the grass. Attica, Imlay City, Lapeer, Dryden, Metamora and North Branch.