Round Lake's lanes are narrow and its cottages sit close together, gingerbread trim almost near enough to touch across some of the yards. Grass in a village like that gets measured in small parcels, which means most of it is hand work: mowing tight around porches and picket fences, trimming, edging the short walks by the gate. James' Lawn Services keeps those pocket lawns even and clipped, and clears what a village full of old shade trees lets go each autumn and each spring. On a midweek morning in June, with the auditorium doors propped open and the lake flat behind the trees, a well-kept yard fits right into the picture. The scale here is modest; the care doesn't have to be.