Everything a Lyons house says, it says first at the curb. Home Run Curb Appeal Landscaping works that strip hardest — mowing and trimming the parkway and front yard, edging the walk until the concrete shows a clean seam, and in winter clearing that same path down to bare surface with salt where ice wants to set. Late August, an hour before sundown, is when the front of a freshly cut house looks best in this village: long shadow, even green, everything holding still. January asks for the opposite hour and exactly the same care, a walk you can carry groceries up without thinking about it. Curb to door — that's the stretch that counts.