Evening comes early to Golden, where the foothills stand up west of town and take the sun before the rest of the day is finished with it. Along Clear Creek the cottonwoods hold their shade late, and the lawns beneath them grow in that cool, dappled way that asks for a patient hand. Shady Grove Tree Care, Inc. keeps those yards mowed, edged and trimmed through the growing months, then clears the season's litter once the grass finally goes to sleep. There is a real satisfaction in the last pass of the mower — the stripes laid straight, the border along the front walk cut clean enough to run a finger down. Golden's water comes off the high country and the grass answers fast; the work is keeping pace with it, week after week, and leaving every yard looking like somebody cared.