By two o'clock on a July afternoon the thunderheads are already piling up west of LaGrange, out toward the Alabama line, white and tall and clearly intending something. Clovis Lawn Care reads that sky like a clock and gets the day's yards buttoned up before the first fat drops hit the red clay. The work is weekly mowing, edging, trimming tight to the fence and a clean blow-off so no clippings are left to stain a driveway when the rain arrives. Storms here come down hard and leave grass jumping, which means the next week's cut is always waiting and the route never really slackens between May and September. A lawn cut just ahead of the weather has a look to it, sharp and expectant, the whole yard braced and neat. LaGrange, West Point and Franklin properties keep that look all summer.