Noon in January on DeForest Avenue is deceptive — bright enough to loosen the snow on a south-facing drive, cold enough to lock the whole thing down again by three. Sunshine services llc plans around exactly that, plowing the drive, shoveling walks clear to the pavement, and putting salt where the afternoon melt will run and stiffen. Six months on, the same addresses want mowing, trimming, edging and a fall's worth of leaves carried off. The equipment changes over; the houses stay the same. Whatever the sky is doing, the aim is a yard you can cross without thinking about it.