Morning fog lifts off the Ausable at Au Sable Forks and burns away by nine, leaving every lawn in Black Brook beaded and bright. Artistic Landscaping mows in that window when the grass has finally dried, keeping riverside yards even from the road all the way down to the bank. The trimmer cleans around porch posts, culvert heads and the stones people set along a drive, and the edges are cut so a walk reads as a walk again. Spring here starts late and runs hard — one cleanup takes off the sand, gravel and broken branches a mountain winter leaves behind. By August the yards hold their green under the Adirondack sun, and that takes showing up every week.