Deep summer in Concord holds the heat right up until dusk, and then the fireflies come up out of the hayfields all at once. L&D Lawn Service is usually finishing about then — last yard cut, trimmer put away, drive blown clean while the light goes purple over the pines. In this stretch of Flint River country the grass grows through July like it has somewhere to be, so mowing runs on a tight rotation and the edges get cut back every single visit. A lawn kept on that rhythm never has a bad week; it just stands there even and green, one house at a time down the road. Nothing fancy in it, only the pleasure of a yard finished before dark.