October along South Long Lake Road turns the maples loose all at once, and a yard that looked tidy on Friday is buried by Sunday afternoon. Parker's Outdoor Maintenance keeps pace with it — mowing while the grass is still climbing, then clearing leaves off the turf, the beds and the walk. Earlier in the year it is the plain, good work of a weekly cut, trimmed fence lines and edges that hold their shape. Kept that way, a lawn carries into November looking deliberate instead of given up on. Long Lake township has a great deal of grass tucked under a great deal of hardwood, and both get their due.