In January the cardinals stay on in Madison, red against the hedges by Memorial Park, refusing to leave the way most bright things do. Cardinal Landscaping Services keeps a similar schedule — plowing and salting driveways through the cold months, then mowing, edging and mulching once the ground softens and the borough turns green again. The winter payoff is a cleared drive at first light; the summer one is a lawn striped even, right up to the walkway. Cleanups bookend the year, spring for what the thaw uncovers, fall for the leaves that come down all at once. Two kinds of work, one town, and the same eye for a finished border.