In Ogdensburg the light comes off the St. Lawrence and lies long across the lawns, and the wind that runs the river channel has been shaping these maples on its own terms for a very long time. Lalonde's Stump Removal takes down the ones that are finished — tree removal on the streets above the Oswegatchie, where old silver maples finally give out — and then comes back for what is left, grinding the stump down until a mower can pass over the spot without noticing. Tree trimming belongs to the cold months here, when the crowns are bare and every crossing limb is easy to read against a white sky. North country winters are hard on wood, and April shows exactly what did not make it through. A finished job leaves a barrow of chips, a patch of black soil, and a yard that has its whole corner back.