The old ferry still crosses from Bemus Point over to Stow, and on a September evening the lake goes deep even blue just before the light quits. Valley Boys Outdoor Services LLC keeps the lawns on this side of the water tidy well into the fall, mowing while the grass still pushes, trimming, edging, gathering leaves, cutting back and mulching the beds ahead of the cold. Autumn here is generous and brief, the maples along the shore road turning all at once before the wind takes them. Getting a yard clean ahead of that first heavy wet snow is the whole game in October. Come spring the rounds open again with a rake and a low, careful cut.