Late in the day on Route 96B, with Ithaca's glow just over the rise, is when Danby's yards catch the last of the light — low sun, cut grass, the ridge going blue behind it. KJ's Lawn Care keeps that picture up week to week: mowing on a rhythm, trimming around posts and stone walls, edging where the driveway meets the turf. The sugar maples on these old farm lots are generous in October and completely merciless about it, so leaf removal becomes a season of its own. Beds get mulched in spring, once the ground finally dries out enough to work without tearing it. Small yards, hill yards, farmhouse yards — each one treated like somebody lives there and notices.