Morning comes slowly to Churchill's Grove, where old elms and maples hold the sidewalks in shade until the sun clears the rooftops. A & A LawnCare works those west-side blocks and the streets beyond them, mowing, trimming and edging so a yard reads clean from the curb. Rockford summers can turn hot and lush in the same week, and the answer is plain: cut on time, hold the line straight, sweep the clippings off the walk before leaving. Spring and fall bring the cleanups — winter grit raked out of the beds in April, leaf drift cleared in November. It is ordinary work done attentively, and a tidy lawn on an ordinary street is its own small pleasure.