Ford Lake lies wide and grey-blue at the south edge of town, and the wind that crosses it reaches Ypsilanti's yards with nothing standing in its way. Aaron's Lawn Care Inc. tends properties on both sides of that weather — mowing, edging and seasonal cleanups while the shoreline is green, then snow plowing, walkway clearing and salting once the water goes still and slate. Summer evenings out here run long and gold, and a lawn cut that morning holds the last of the light like a held breath. Winter mornings run the other direction: dark, quiet, and best met with headlights and a blade down. Either way the aim is the same, which is a place that looks cared for from the street.