On a July morning the old brick storefronts along Broadway Street throw their shade halfway across the sidewalk, and the mowers are already out past them, headed for the yards on the edge of the village. Dany's Lawn Mowing Service keeps Richmond lawns on a rhythm — cut, trim around the posts and the mailbox, edge the walk so the line between grass and concrete is a decision rather than an accident. Summer here is generous; a week of thunderstorms off the prairie and a lawn will put on an inch and a half without asking. Blowing the clippings off the drive at the end takes two minutes and is the part a homeowner notices first. By afternoon whole blocks smell like cut grass.