October around Lake Olmstead is the season this town saves up for: the humidity finally breaks, the water goes flat and silver in the afternoon, and the pecans and sweetgums start letting go all at once. T&M Landscaping & Maintenance meets that season with blowers and tarps, pulling leaves off lawns week after week so the turf underneath keeps its color instead of matting down. The rest of the year is mowing, edging, trimming and general landscape upkeep — the ordinary rhythm that keeps a yard from ever getting away from its owner. There is a quiet pleasure in the moment a leaf-buried lawn reappears, green and combed and breathing again. From the streets near the lake out to Martinez, Evans and across the bridge, it is the same standard every visit.