September in eastern Lapeer County smells like cut hay and orchard fruit, and the light slants in at an angle that flatters every lawn it touches. Lopez tree and Landscape Services works that stretch of the calendar and the one waiting on the far side of it — mowing, trimming, edging and seasonal cleanups, then plowing and shoveling once Imlay City turns white. The pleasure is in the contrast: a yard trimmed close in warm weather, a drive opened wide in cold. Both amount to the same thing, which is making a property usable and good to look at.