October announces itself on Ridgeland Avenue in two ways: silver maple turning the color of lamplight, and the dry skitter of leaves along the curb line. A&D Lawn Care Inc. works the far end of the season — the last cuts of the year, the raking and hauling, the beds cleared before the ground goes hard. Autumn light in Stickney is low and gold and gone by five, so the days get planned backward from dusk. A yard finished in that light looks swept rather than merely mowed. Then winter can have it.