Head north and east out of Macomb County's subdivisions and the land opens up — Ray Township is where the pavement runs out into farm sections and the base of the Thumb begins. MittenState Exterior LLC works that edge, mowing yards that sit between a barn and a bean field, trimming in tight to the barn wall and the garden fence, edging so the drive keeps its shape against the grass. Sunrise comes across those fields with nothing to stop it, and an early cut in that light is about as good as the job gets. Spring and fall bring the cleanups — the winter's scatter off in one direction, the autumn leaf load off in the other. Big sky, plain work, a yard that looks looked-after.