Royston is a small town that keeps its baseball story close, and the mown grass of a summer Saturday is part of how that feels. Home lawns get the same regard: cut on schedule, striped straight, trimmed tight along the fence line and the mailbox post. Franklin County heat sets in by ten o'clock, so the route runs early and the blower clears the drive before the truck rolls to the next stop. Fall brings the leaves down out of the hardwoods, and those come off the lawn while the grass still has light to reach. It is simple work that makes a whole street look better one yard at a time.