Fog settles in the Illinois valley on October mornings, rising off the water and lying in the low streets until the sun burns through around nine. Sully's Lawn Care & Landscaping is already moving inside it — mowing while the season still allows, trimming, edging, and gathering leaves that come down faster than anyone plans for. Landscaping here means reading a yard's slope and shade and cutting to suit, not simply running a machine across it. There is a plain pleasure in a lawn cleared of leaves with the mowing lines still showing underneath. Autumns in this town are short and worth having, and a kept yard makes the most of the ones you get.