At better than a mile up, Lakewood sun has an edge on it by ten in the morning, and grass is either cut for that or punished by it. Mile High Grass Cuts works the Green Gables blocks with the altitude in mind — mowing tall enough that the blades shade their own roots, trimming clean around posts and beds, edging the walks so a yard has a definite outline. High summer evenings stretch out here, the foothills going purple while the last pass gets finished. The clippings leave with the truck and the lawn keeps its color into the week. Thin air, hard light, green grass anyway — that is the Lakewood version of the job.