Late May, around seven in the evening, the sun drops behind the Front Range and the light comes across Sheridan almost level, so every mower stripe throws its own long shadow. That is the hour a lawn shows what it is: cut even, trimmed close around the fence posts and the meter, edged hard against the concrete. Meris Aldana Lawn Services LLC keeps yards on that schedule week after week through the growing season — mowing, string trimming, edging, clippings cleared away. Grass here comes on fast in spring and then slows in the dry heat, so the cut changes with it. Steady care near Union Avenue and out through the blocks around it, one yard at a time.