By the second week of October the maples along the older streets of Mount Pleasant turn all at once, and for about ten days the whole town is lit from above. Goenner Tree Service spends that season looking up — pruning out deadwood while it's easy to spot, trimming crowns back from wires and rooflines, marking removals for when the leaves are down. Along Mission Creek the ground stays damp and shallow-rooted trees lean toward the light until they lean too far. When a front crosses Isabella County and takes one, the cleanup is limbs, brush, and the lawn back in order by dark. The neighborhood keeps its canopy; the cut just doesn't show.