Nantasket faces east, so the day's first light lands on the beach and then works its way inland street by street. Morning Light Landscaping is usually out in it already — mowers down early, edges cut clean along the front walks, borders trimmed back before the heat settles in. Sand travels in this town and the grass grows anyway; that is the standing arrangement between Hull and anyone who works its lawns. Winter shifts the hour but never the habit, with plowing and shoveling done in the dark so a driveway stands open when the sky finally goes gray. A yard that greets you looking cared for can set the tone of an entire morning.