The Redlands lives under sandstone — the Monument cliffs going orange at the end of the day, the canal drawing its steady line below them, the Colorado River out past the fields. D & A Maintenance keeps lawns through a Grand Valley summer that arrives hot and simply stays, mowing on a set schedule and trimming close along walks, walls and drives. When the sun is that strong, cut height and timing do most of the work before a blade ever touches grass. Spring cleanup opens the year and fall cleanup closes it, taking the leaves off before winter presses them flat into the turf. Green grass with red rock standing behind it is a picture particular to this valley, and it only exists where somebody tends it.