Fog comes up the harbor at Stony Creek and hangs in the pink granite until mid-morning, and the yards along there wake slowly. Tino's Landscaping is out in it early — mowing, string trimming, edging along the stone walks, mulch in the beds, hedges shaped, cleanups in spring and fall. Quarry country makes for uneven ground and tight corners between outcrops, so the trimmer does as much of the finishing as the mower ever will. By the time the fog lifts the lawn is cut, the clippings are off the granite, and the place looks the way island light makes everything look out here: clear and simple. Branford and the towns beside it, morning after morning.