Oak Hill turns first — the maples go red over the driveways sometime in October, and the year begins its handoff. M&L Landscaping inc. works both halves of it in Pawtucket: mowing, trimming and lawn maintenance while the grass keeps coming, then snow plowing and driveway clearing once the streets stiffen. There is a symmetry to it that never gets old, because the yard you kept sharp in August is the one you cut a clean path across in January. Neighbors know the difference between a driveway opened properly and one merely made passable. Doing it the first way, every time, is the point.