August afternoons in Bayville run hot until the bay breeze finds its way up Cedar Creek and cools a whole street at once. Shore Cut Lawns works right through that turn — mowing on the lagoon streets and the pine-shaded lots inland, trimming tight around posts, docks and mailboxes, edging the walks so the sand stays where it belongs. Grass this close to the water grows in fits, and keeping it even is a matter of arriving on schedule rather than waiting for it to get away. Fall cleanups strip the beds and clear the turf before the cold. The best part of the job is the last look back: even rows, edges sharp, nothing left to sweep.