Lake Erie writes the winters here — bands of squall coming off open water, laying a foot on the Southtowns while ten miles inland the sun is out. Piersa Enterprises Inc. runs against that clock, plowing drives and lots, clearing walkways and treating ice so a Collins morning starts on time instead of starting with a shovel. When the ground finally lets go in spring, the work turns over to mowing, trimming and cleanups for the long green half of the year. Two seasons, two kinds of pride: pavement bare by daylight, grass cut straight by dusk. It is the same property, tended the whole way around the calendar.