August comes in heavy over Flushing, maples throwing deep shade across the older streets while thunderheads stack up west of town by mid-afternoon. Cooper's lawn and Landscape works ahead of them — mowing and trimming while the light holds, running the edger along walks, clearing the clippings before the first fat drops hit. Rain here makes grass grow like it has something to prove, and staying in front of that is most of the craft. Few things smell better than a yard finished minutes before a Genesee County storm breaks over it. The rain passes, the sun comes back sideways, and the lines are still there.