June mornings come in with mist standing on the low ground and dew heavy enough to soak a boot to the ankle. Clarke's Cuts Lawn and Landscape LLC waits for that to burn off in Norwalk, then mows — stripes laid down clean, string trimmer along the fence posts, blower taking the drive back to bare concrete. The grass is thick in spring and stubborn by August, and it repays a steady hand more than a hard one. There is a moment at the end of a yard when the engine cuts and the cicadas come back up and every line is running the same way. That moment is the whole reason to do it.