First light in Grant County comes through the pines in long bars, and a wet yard takes those shadows like ribbing until the sun lifts high enough to erase them. Eddy's Outdoor Services drops the trailer gate around then, when the air is still cool and the day is entirely unspent. Mowing goes first, then the trimmer along the posts and the AC pad and the porch skirt, then the blower to send the last of it out of the drive. The best part of the job is the walk back to the truck, looking at what an hour did. Out on these county roads a kept yard carries a long way, and that is reason enough to start early.