On a July evening in Cobbham the cicadas start up and people drift out onto the porches, and the yards along those brick-walk streets look their finest in that low sideways light. Sanders Lawn Maintenance keeps a good many of them that way, mowing on a set rotation, running the trimmer around the steps and the tree rings, blowing the walks so nothing tracks inside. Maintenance is the honest word for it, not a one-time rescue but a standing appointment, the grass never allowed to get away from anybody. Come November the leaves fall thick beneath the old hardwoods and get cleared before they mat down. Same day each week, same steady hands, and an Athens yard that never has a bad month.