Fog lifts off the Hersey River most autumn mornings and drifts across the low ground east of Reed City before the sun clears the treeline. Paul's Multi-Services LLC is out in it, finishing the season's mowing and raking, then trading the deck for a blade when November hardens the ground. Snow work here means driveways, walks and lots opened so a day can start on time — and opened again when the sky refills by afternoon. Grass season has the opposite temperament: unhurried, warm, the smell of green rising while trail traffic goes by on the old rail grade. Both halves get the same attention — the straight line, the finished corner, the place left looking cared for.