Highway 144 is awake before the sun in Richmond Hill, headlights streaming west while the marsh is still gray. Devillars lawn care starts early too, because a coastal summer hands out only so many cool hours before the heat leans in. The work is mowing on a set rotation, edging along drives and walks, trimming what the deck cannot reach, and blowing every surface clean. Small things add up out here: a straight pass, a full cut, nothing left in the street. By the time traffic runs the other way at dusk, a whole block of yards has quietly changed.