February in Royal Oak is a low gray ceiling that looks like it is resting on the stone tower of the Shrine at Woodward and Twelve Mile. Berns Landscaping Services works underneath that sky — night plow routes, shoveled entries, salted walks, lots opened up before the first shift arrives. Snow here rarely comes as one theatrical storm; it arrives in installments, an inch at a time, freezing overnight into something that wants a blade and a scoop rather than a broom. Staying ahead of it means going back out when it would be easier not to. A lot squared off and dark against the drifts is its own small argument for doing the work properly.