By late May the west side of Brockton smells like cut grass and lilac, and Thirty Acre Pond throws light up through the trees at the end of the day. Bald's Landscaping keeps to a weekly rhythm through all of it — mow, trim, edge, blow the clippings off the walk, and leave the stripes running the same way every time. A lawn looks best about an hour after it is finished, when the sun is low and the lines are still sharp. Autumn brings the leaves, spring brings whatever the winter left, and both get handled before anyone has to ask. It is ordinary work done in a way you can see from the street.