At first light the bluff above Arroyo Burro is all gray and silver, dogs running the Douglas Family Preserve while the ocean lies flat and colorless below. Trucks are already rolling in the neighborhoods behind it, because grass cuts best before the day heats up. DLC Landscaping mows, edges and trims yards across Santa Barbara and carries the clippings off before the fog has finished lifting. The best measure of a morning is a lawn left with one direction of cut and a border so clean it looks drawn. By the time the sun clears the ridge and the beach fills, the work is done and the street looks better for it.