The sun comes up over Statham from the direction of Athens, twelve miles east down 316, and by then the mowers are already off the trailer. Athens Pro Lawn Maintenance LLC works the early hours, while dew still weighs the Bermuda down and the clippings fly clean. Mowing, edging, string trimming along fence lines and foundations, then every walk and driveway blown spotless before the heat leans in. There is a particular satisfaction in a yard that looks finished from the road — lines straight, borders sharp, nothing left behind. That is the whole point of getting there at daybreak.