Putnam Lake sits in the southeast corner of the town, ringed close with houses and short, steep yards that run right down to the road. Petersen Landscaping works that shoreline and the streets behind it, mowing and trimming lawns tight against walls and steps in summer, plowing narrow drives and clearing walks once the lake goes flat and gray. Small properties are exacting: there is nowhere to put snow except where you decide to put it, and every edge you cut is visible from the street. So the lines come out clean and the piles go where the afternoon sun will find them first. Weather moves fast across that water, and they keep an eye on it.