Maple Lake sits right in the middle of Paw Paw, and on July evenings the light comes off it low and gold across the yards on the streets around it. Alex's Lawn Care works that hour — mowing, trimming, edging along the walks until each lawn takes the light in one even sweep. Grass in this corner of Van Buren County races in June and eases off in August, so the schedule bends to what the season is actually doing. Cleanups in spring, and again when the leaves let go, keep the whole year tidy. A cut lawn shouldn't shout about itself; it should just look easy.