Palmer wakes early — a freight horn somewhere past the depot, dew still silver on the grass. That is the hour A.i.A Property Maintenance likes best: deck set, the first pass laid down before the July heat lifts off Route 32. Mowing, string trimming, edging along walks and drive aprons, mulch beds shaped, spring and fall cleanups carted away. It is plain work, and yet a lawn reads differently when the lines run true and the border is cut clean; you notice it from the porch before you can name it. Palmer Town and the ground out toward Monson and Ware is where they leave that mark.