Dusk comes early in November behind the ridge toward Mine Hill, and the light goes copper across the last of the lawns. Amazing Tree Services works Dover through that turn — mowing, trimming and fall cleanup while the leaves are still coming down, then snow plowing, walkway shoveling and salting once the ground locks up. A property put to bed properly in autumn is easier to dig out in January; both jobs are really the same job in different weather. There's a good feeling in a cleared apron of driveway at first light, salt scattered thin and even. Then back to the truck, heater on, next address.