By August the White County afternoons come at you thick, and shade in Carmi counts as a resource. Sears Appliance Repair takes on lawn care around town — mowing, trimming along fences and foundations, and edging the walks back out to their real width. Late in the season grass grows unevenly, faster in the low wet corners, so a yard has to be read before it is cut if the whole thing is going to match. A sharp edge on a hot day is worth more than it ought to be; it makes an entire yard look rested. The evening after a cut, with the smell of it hanging in still air, is the payoff.