October at Adams Corners turns the whole crossroads copper, and by the second week the oaks start letting go in earnest. Fitz's Landscaping spends those afternoons on leaf cleanups — blowers working a yard from the fence line inward, the pile shrinking, the grass reappearing green underneath as if it had been waiting. The rest of the year the same properties get mowed on a steady cycle, trimmed around the stone steps and the well cap, and edged so the driveway keeps its shape. Spring brings the opposite chore: hauling out what the winter dropped and giving the turf a clean start. Neat ground going into the cold, neat ground coming out of it.