Out past the Monroe waterfront, Sterling State Park keeps its own calendar — cattails in April, heat shimmer over the beach in July, geese stacking up in October, ice shelving along the shore by January. 4 Seasons Landscaping keeps that same calendar on the properties it looks after, mowing and tending lawns through the green months, then turning to the plow once the lake starts breathing cold. There is real satisfaction in a yard that looks cared for in every month it is asked to, and in a driveway opened up before the day begins. Grass gets cut even and edged tight; snow gets pushed back to the boundaries and left there. Monroe turns over four times a year, and the work turns with it.