Down in the Macatawa River bottoms the trees hold their color late, and October light coming through them turns everything amber. Birchwood Landscaping works Zeeland Charter Township across that stretch — mowing while the grass still pushes, then leaf cleanup, bed work, edges recut before the cold arrives. Autumn here is brief and worth using well. A lawn cleared of leaves in November looks almost expectant, as though it knows what is coming. Come April the same yards are opened back up, and the whole year begins again.