Four in the morning, January, and Cohoes is all orange streetlight and blowing white. Capital Region Lawn Care LLC is already out on the hill streets above the river, pushing driveways open and cutting paths to front steps so the day can start on time for somebody else. That is the best part of snow work — nobody watches you do it, they simply walk out to a clear drive. Come spring the same trucks trade blades for mowers, and the routine turns to weekly cutting, trimming and cleanups from the river flats up toward Latham. Two kinds of work, one habit: get there early, leave it right.