September in the East End is the honest month: the harbor light goes long and orange, the heat finally lets go, and the grass puts on one last strong push before it rests. GA Home Service is out in it, mowing Bridgeport yards on a steady turn, trimming close where the fence meets the drive, edging so the walk keeps its shape into fall. The Newfield streets run downhill toward the water and the yards step down with them, which makes for a lot of small careful cuts. When the leaves start, the cleanup follows them off the turf and out of the beds. A lawn put to bed properly in November wakes up easier in April.