Great Sacandaga Lake lies below Mayfield like a held breath, and by early June the camps along its shore are open, the docks are in, and every yard wants attention at once. Ap landscaping keeps that shoreline season running — mowing, string trimming, edging drives and paths, cutting shrubs back off the windows, laying mulch, and cleaning up in spring and again in fall. Lakeside lots slope, and they are sandy in one corner and soft in another, which makes each one its own small problem to solve. Adirondack summers are brief and worked hard, right up until the color starts down off the foothills. A camp lawn cut clean on a Friday afternoon is the sound of a whole weekend starting.