Elma still runs on creek bottom and hayfield, with Buffalo Creek cutting a wooded seam through the middle of it and the meadows going gold by September. Specialized Tree Services works both halves of the town — the older farm lots with their big open-grown oaks, and the newer streets where every tree was planted the same year and now wants the same thing. Pruning young stock into sound structure is the quietest favor a yard will ever be given. Trimming raises crowns off a garage roof; tree removal takes out what has hollowed at the base and can no longer be trusted over a house. Storm damage cleanup follows the west wind, which arrives here with nothing at all to slow it down.