Late in the afternoon the light over Stanley Quarter Park turns the pond the color of a penny, and the mowed slopes hold their stripes until dusk. Lemon Lawn Care LLC works the yards of New Britain's West End and the streets that run down off the hill, cutting grass on the rhythm the season sets. A lawn kept on schedule looks different from one that has been rescued — the color is even, the height is honest, the corners are not shaggy. Rain arrives hard in a Connecticut summer and the grass answers within days, so the work is about showing up when the growing does. These are ordinary green squares, and keeping them sharp is what makes a whole block feel settled.