Saturday morning downtown, the white steeple of Maple Street Chapel standing over the rooftops and a whole block of bungalows getting its weekend once-over — Lombard takes its yards personally. M W Lawncare keeps a steady mowing schedule through all of it, with edging that gives the sidewalk a clean shoulder and trimming close around porch beds and parkway trees. Cleanups come in the shoulder seasons, clearing winter litter in April and whatever the trees let go in fall. A stripe pattern fading across a front lawn in evening light is a small thing, and also the reason people notice a yard from the street. Lombard and the villages next door are the regular ground.