September is a good month to be mowing in Brady Township. The heat lets go, the grass comes back green after a hard August, and the air over the fields turns clear enough to see three miles down the road. The crew moves at pace in that weather — mow, string-trim the fence lines, edge the walk, sweep it clean, gone. Moving quickly never means skipping anything; the trick is a route tight enough that every yard still gets its full pass. By late afternoon there is a line of trimmed lawns behind the truck and the season's last long light coming across them.