Below the boat basin the Flint spreads out and braids around sandbars and little wooded islands, cypress standing knee-deep in the shallows. Bainbridge Island Landscaping works the lawns up on the bank in late summer, when the river runs low and the cicadas make one long sound all afternoon. Mowing, edging, trimming and cleanup — the ordinary sequence that turns a rough yard back into a room a person can stand in. Nothing fancy about it: even height, borders held, walks swept, gate latched behind you. Do that on schedule and a place looks calm even in August.