First light on Phillips Pond, and the mist comes off the water and drifts up into the yards along the shore road. Scattergood Landscaping is usually rolling by then — trailer down, mower off, the first cut of the day taken before the August sun makes the work twice as long. Lawn care in Sandown means mowing and trimming, edging the drive lines, and keeping clippings out of the ponds where they don't belong. There is a real pleasure in the last look back: a lawn banded in even lines, the walkway swept, the whole lot squared away. Small town, small crew, and every yard finished as though the neighbors were watching — because in Sandown they are.