On a September evening in Summit the light goes gold across the parkway grass and the jets come over low, one after another, on their way into Midway. Superior Landscaping works that hour and the ones before it: mowing lawns and parkway strips, trimming around posts and hydrants, edging the curb line so the turf stops exactly where it should, and sweeping the walks at the end. Village lots are small and public — every one of them is read from a sidewalk — so the details carry farther than they would out in the country. Spring wakes these yards fast, summer keeps them hungry, and autumn wants the leaves gone before the first hard rain mats them flat. It's small, repeatable work, and it shows from clear across the street.