Morning comes to Putnam County as mist lifting off the coves of Lake Sinclair, and by the time it burns clear there is already a mower moving across a yard on the south side of Eatonton. Agee Lawn & Garden 2 works the ordinary hours that make a place look cared for — grass cut to an even height, the string trimmer run along the fence posts, clippings blown off the walk before the truck pulls away. Summer here grows fast and green, so the work is mostly keeping up with it, week after week, so that a lawn never gets away from anybody. Beds get their edges recut and the shrubs kept to their shape. It is plain work, and there is real pleasure in how a yard looks when it is finished and the dew has finally dried.