The Kawkawlin River takes its time getting to Saginaw Bay, and on a July evening the light comes off that water flat and gold across every lawn between the river and M-13. Geno's Lawn Care & Landscaping mows, trims and edges through the whole warm stretch — the tall roadside grass, the yards that run down toward the marsh, the corners a machine has to be walked into. Bay County ground grows turf thick when the rain cooperates, and thick turf rewards a sharp blade and a straight pass. The best minute of the day is the one right after the mower shuts off, when a yard is suddenly quiet and finished. Then the mosquitoes lift off the cattails and it is time to load up and go.