Arlington's side streets run tight and shaded, small front lawns behind low walls, and every one of them shows its keeper's hand. EK property maintenance looks after ground like that in Poughkeepsie — regular mowing, trimming close to fence posts and stoops, hedges kept off the sidewalk, beds cleaned out at each end of the season. September is the good month for it, dew heavy at eight and gone by ten, the turf thickening again after August. A tight lawn on a narrow lot is finish work, more trimmer than mower, and it shows when it is done right. That is the whole reason for the trip.