At first light the coyotes working the dry washes above the north edge of town start up their thin chorus, and then the trucks start up too. G and N Lawn Coyotes keep a similar schedule — out early, mowing, trimming and edging before the day gets its full weight, and back with plows and shovels when the season swaps green for white. Early hours suit this valley, where the sun climbs hard by ten and the grass would rather be cut before it does. Neighbors wake to a yard already squared away, which is the nicest way to receive it. Same territory, same first-light habit, all the way around the calendar.