Late in the day Nichols goes quiet, the shade of the big maples stretching across the village lawns and the heat finally letting go. Shaun's Lawn Care works those yards right through the growing season — mowed on a set week, trimmed around the porch posts and the mailbox, edged where the grass meets sidewalk and drive. Clippings get blown back off the concrete so the finish shows, because half of a good lawn is what happens after the mower stops. Spring cleanup opens the beds up again, and the leaves come off in autumn before they pack down wet. A tidy yard at suppertime, the mower gone and the lines still showing, is exactly the result to aim for.