The Androscoggin makes the big bend through Jay, and the town arranges itself along it — Chisholm's close streets, the mill on the water, the white granite ledges up in North Jay that gave the place its stone. Diáz Landscaping keeps the lawns on those river terraces cut and squared, working the steep bits by hand where the ground drops toward the water. Franklin County springs come late and then all at once; by the end of May the grass is asking for attention twice a week. Mulch goes down dark around the foundations, borders get cut in clean, and the fall work runs until the leaves quit falling. A yard that looks composed from the sidewalk is the aim, every week, all season.