Kickapoo Creek runs low and brown through the flat land near Bloomington, and by May its banks are green enough to make every lawn in town look like it is behind. Mooney Lawn Services catches them up: mowing, trimming and edging on a schedule that respects how fast prairie grass moves once the rain gets going. The finish is the part worth caring about — a straight border along the concrete, no ragged corners, clippings off the walk before the truck pulls away. Spring here is short and loud, and a well-kept yard is one of the few things that stays calm through it. Bloomington and its nearby towns, week after week until the grass finally rests.