Palm Springs lives at the foot of Mount San Jacinto, and in the late afternoon the mountain's shadow slides across the west side of town while the rest of the valley still blazes in sun. PWLC II, Inc. offers lawn care in that hard-edged desert light, among mid-century homes with low rooflines and breeze-block walls, where a lawn frames the architecture like a gallery mat. Out toward the San Gorgonio Pass the wind turbines turn all day, and in the Indian Canyons fan palms crowd along streams that run cold off the mountain. Regular mowing and a sharp edge keep the grass groomed through the cool season and holding together as the heat builds. Ride the tram up to the pine forest at the mountain station, look back down at the grid of green and white below, and the care in each small lawn becomes part of one very large view.