Little Bay de Noc freezes hard off Gladstone, and by January the shanties are out past Van Cleve Park like a small temporary village. 3 Brothers Lawn and Snow, LLC handles the winter that makes those mornings possible — plowing driveways, opening lots and clearing walks through storms that come in off the bay and settle in for a while. Then the Upper Peninsula spring finally shows up, late and all at once, and the same crew is mowing, trimming and cleaning up whatever winter left behind. Delta County asks a great deal of anything that has to work outdoors, people included. Getting a whole street of drives opened before the day starts is a good way to earn a morning.