The Cedar River bends through the middle of Gladwin, slow and brown-green under the bridge, and the town has arranged itself around that bend. Cloverleaf Landscaping works both halves of the year here: mowing, trimming and cleanups while the grass is climbing, plowing and clearing drives and walks once it stops. April in this county is mud and promise; January is a white yard and a driveway that has to be open before the coffee is poured. There is real pleasure in a crisp line along a walk, and an equal one in a plowed apron with the banks pushed back square. Gladwin, Beaverton and the roads between get the same attention either way.