By two o'clock most July days a thunderhead is building over Kathleen, and everyone working outside is quietly racing it. Miguel's lawn maintenance LLc knows the rhythm — cut early, edge and trim while the light is still hard, get the clippings blown off the drive before the first fat drops land. Rain like that makes the grass jump, and a yard that looked fine on Friday can look wild by the middle of the next week. That is why the schedule is a schedule and not a favor. There is something good about pulling out ahead of the storm with the mown lines still sharp and the walkways swept bare.