High noon in July, swallow-tailed kites ride the thermals over the Bryan County marsh without a single wingbeat, and everything beneath them is heat. Falcon Lawn Services works straight through it — mowing, string trimming, edging, and clearing the cuttings so nothing sits and yellows. Grass here grows hardest in the months people least want to be outside in, which is exactly why the service exists. There is satisfaction in a lot finished at the hottest part of the afternoon, the lines running true and the walkway swept. Then the truck rolls on to the next one.