Noon on Alameda. The heat comes straight down and all the shade is under the ash trees. Gomez landscaping LLc runs its route through the neighborhoods off Harriman Lake in that flat bright middle of the day, mowing, trimming to posts and meters, edging drives and walks, clearing whatever the wind dropped. Grass takes the sun hard at this elevation, so the cut stays tall enough to hold moisture and even enough to look deliberate. Late in the afternoon the lake goes silver and the finished yards go quiet. Steady work, done plainly, one address after another.