Dexter grew up around the Huron River and Mill Creek, and the streets that climb away from the water are lined with trees that have outlived several roofs. D Hale Tree Service LLC works the village lots, the river-bottom yards, and the subdivisions spreading toward the metropark. Tight ground between a house and a neighbor's fence makes tree removal a matter of rope and small pieces, with tree trimming to take weight off a porch and a wire and pruning that gives a young maple room to grow straight. October storms come up the river valley and find the weakest limb in every yard, so storm damage cleanup runs from first light to the last load out. A yard that looks as if it had simply always been that way is the whole ambition.