On the bay side of Sea Isle the day ends over Ludlam Bay, the marsh grass going copper and the water flat as glass. Lawns back here contend with salt spray and shifting sand, so the schedule stays regular: weekly mowing, trimming around docks, posts and pilings, edging the drives, and cleanups that keep a yard from filling with whatever the wind brings. Winter turns the same list over — plowing driveways, shoveling walks, salting where the freeze sets in hardest along the water. An island town's yards are small and every one is visible from the street. Cutting one properly takes minutes and changes how the whole block looks.