A coastal storm reaches Exeter sideways, coming up off the water and settling in over Front Street and the church spire while the town sleeps. Yeti Landcare is already moving through it, blade down, opening driveways and clearing walks and steps so the morning starts on bare ground instead of a guess. When the cold finally breaks, the same properties come back to life and so does the mowing — grass cut, trimmed close, edges drawn tight along the pavement. Cleanups bracket the year, the brush and leaves gathered and carried off. Whatever the sky is doing over Exeter, the ground gets looked after.