On the inland side of Arcadia the marsh runs flat and green behind Bar Lake, cattails out to the boardwalk, herons standing still in the shallows. Mornings there are cool and quiet, and that is the best hour to mow, before the lake breeze picks up and turns the afternoon. ABS Wildlife Control keeps yards in the village and out along the township roads on a steady cut, with the trimmer taken around porch steps and light posts and the season's growth pulled off the fence lines. Manistee County summers are short enough that people notice a lawn kept sharp the whole way through. When the mower shuts off, the loudest thing left is the water.