Colt sits where the Delta flatland runs up against Crowley's Ridge, so a yard here can have a wide open sky above it and a wall of hardwoods standing behind it. Marvinlawncare mows, trims and edges lawns in town and out along the section roads, keeping properties on a turn that matches how fast this ground grows. Summer heat comes with the fields — humid, still, loud with insects at dusk — and the grass takes off after every rain that crosses. When the crops come out and the ridge turns color, the work shifts to leaves and cleanup, then to one final even cut. Straight lines across a flat lawn, a defined edge at the walk, and the clippings cleared off the pavement: simple things carried all the way through.