Up along Cat Mousam Road the pines close in and the ground goes soft and needled — the kind of shade lawn that wants a patient hand rather than a heavy one. Ellingwood Lawn Care mows high through the dry stretch of August, works the trimmer around ledge and root, and keeps the moss line honest where the yard meets the woods. Nearer the Mousam River the ground turns generous and the grass comes back thick after every rain. Autumn means lifting a whole season off a property — leaves, needles, the summer's last clippings — until the turf can breathe into the cold. It is unhurried work, and this corner of Kennebunk rewards it.