South and west of Lapeer the land stops being flat; the glacier left ridges and kettle hollows out toward Metamora and Hadley, and the driveways there climb and turn. Brunner Lawn & Landscape LLC keeps that country cut through the green months and open through the white ones, handling mowing, trimming, bed and border work, then plowing and shoveling once the county trucks start running at night. November is the hinge, when the leaves come down one week and the first plowable inch arrives the next. On a hill drive there is no faking it, since either the grade is clear to the pavement or it is not. Getting it clear is the point.