Late in a Stewart County afternoon the thunderheads stack up white over the pines and the light goes yellow and strange before the rain gets there. Strick's Lawn Service works ahead of weather like that, cutting, trimming and edging the yards around Richland while the ground is still dry. Cleanup follows the storms, with limbs and leaves pulled off the grass, drives blown clear and beds put back in order. This is open, hot, red-canyon country, and a well-kept lawn stands out against all that color. Finishing a yard just as the first drops land is about as satisfying as the day gets.