Carmel-by-the-Sea has no street addresses, only house names and corner directions, and its yards are every bit as particular as the town. Fog drifts up from the white-sand beach most mornings, beading on Monterey cypress and pine, while storybook cottages along the lanes sit behind low walls of stacked stone. AES Landscaping and Masonry works in both of those materials, living and built: lawn care and landscaping for the green, masonry for the stone that frames it. In a village this small and this deliberate, every edge shows, so the mowing stays tidy and the green meets the stonework without a ragged seam. When the mist finally pulls back and Carmel Bay throws its light back up the hill, it falls on yards that look as charming as the postcards suggest.