Toward evening near Brunner Reservoir the water goes flat and copper, and the Crofton streets settle into the hour when the mowers stop. Daniel's Master Landscaping works right up to it, cutting grass, edging, clearing beds and gathering the day's trimmings before dusk. When the year turns, the work turns with it: plowing drives, opening walks, breaking up the ice that forms where downspouts drain. Both jobs come down to the same thing, a property somebody can use without thinking about it. That is a good result to leave behind on a street.