Midsummer at Oak Park, the sandstone ledges breathe cool air off the rock face while the open lawns above them bake in full sun. Coomes Landscape Services keeps Grand Ledge yards through that heat — mowing on a steady rotation, trimming close to fences and foundations, edging the walks, feeding and weeding turf that is doing its best in July. Grass on this river ground sprints in June and sulks in August, and the schedule bends to meet it rather than the other way around. There is quiet pleasure in stepping back at the end of a property and seeing the lines run true from curb to hedge. Cold drink, hot truck, next street.