The big white pines of the Northern Highland stand over Woodruff and make weather of their own — snow held in the branches for a day, then let go all at once across a driveway that was clear an hour ago. Clark's Tree Service plows and shovels through that, opening drives and entries and returning when the wind unloads the canopy a second time. In the green months the work turns to mowing and trimming the yards and clearings carved out of the forest, keeping edges neat where lawn meets pine duff. It is a short growing season and a long white one, and both get the same attention. What matters is arriving, and leaving a place easier to live in.