House cleaning in Aurora, IL

Cleaning a home in Aurora

Aurora is built on both sides of the Fox River, and the older neighborhoods near downtown grew up under big street trees: silver maple, oak, and cottonwood along the water. Frame houses with porches and old wood windows sit right under them. The canopy keeps a calendar. Maple seeds spin down in May. In June the cottonwood puts white fluff in the air. Leaves come off in October, and ragweed off the open fields has already been through by then.

Screens and window tracks take the most work through the warm months, since fluff and seed pods pack into them and a dry cloth just pushes them around. Entry mats get shaken out more often in fall, when leaves come in whole and break up on the floor. Porch rails, sills and the tops of door frames hold a fine green film during pollen weeks and need wiping, not dusting.