Long Meadow Pond holds the morning fog through June until the sun lifts it off the surrounding fields. Fortins lawn maintenance works the Middlebury properties out that way all through the growing season — regular mowing, string trimming, edging, and a clean sweep of the walks once the cutting is done. Grass moves fast in the wet weeks of early summer, so keeping the calendar is most of the trick. There is a quiet pride in backing out of a driveway with the yard behind you looking level and finished. Week after week, that is the entire job description.