Fog sits low in the Little Red River bottoms most summer mornings, and by the time it lifts off the pastures north of Searcy the mowers are already running. Arriaga Landscaping works those first cool hours on purpose — grass cuts cleaner before the Arkansas heat leans in, and the lines hold all week. Mowing, trimming along fences and foundations, and a sweep of the walks are the whole of the morning's work, done in that order. There is a particular satisfaction in a yard that looks finished from the street: edges true, clippings gone, nothing left half-said. Afternoons belong to the heat, and by then the good work is already behind them.