October takes the House Creek greenway to gold, and the yards on either side of it start collecting whatever the oaks let go. Just Mow and Go Lawn Service keeps moving through it — later mowings at a taller setting, trimmer work along beds gone quiet, leaves pulled off the fescue so it can use the last of the warm light. The sun sits low now and every edge throws a shadow, which is a fine test of whether that edge is straight. Autumn work in these creek neighborhoods is unhurried and satisfying; the grass has stopped fighting you. What's left at the end of a route is a street full of yards that look ready for winter.