When the lake ices over, Fife Lake goes quiet in a way flat country never does — sound carries clean across the ice, and the weather comes down out of the northwest all winter. D&L Home & Lawn Care Services plows the drives that run toward the water, shovels the steps and walks, and salts where the shade holds ice long after the sun is up. Come May the same lots need mowing, trimming around docks, sheds, birches and posts, and a cleanup that gets the sand and branches out of the grass. Summer runs fast up here — cut, trim, clear the drive, and on to the next before the afternoon rain arrives. Two seasons, one job: keeping a place looking like somebody is paying attention.