Late in the afternoon the shadows around Campground stretch clear across the front yards, and every uneven patch shows up plain in that low light. Mel's lawn service takes those yards one at a time — mown level, trimmed around the steps and the shade tree, edged where the grass wants to creep over the walk. It is unhurried work, and it gets judged by the people who drive past it every single day. Nothing about a well-cut yard announces itself; it simply sits there looking calm. That is the aim on every yard on the list, week after week through the season.