February in Oakland County likes to thaw for an afternoon and take it back overnight, which is how a wet driveway on Franklin Road becomes a sheet of glass by six in the morning. Marilyn's Lawn Care & Snow Removal plans around exactly that — plowing driveways once a storm has passed, clearing walkways and steps, and salting the spots where the refreeze always shows up first. Bloomfield Township's drives run long and often shaded, and shade is where winter lingers longest. Getting there early enough that a car backs out without a second thought is the quiet win of the whole cold season. Snow work is mostly showing up in the dark, then doing it again the next night.