Late August in Sodus is heavy air and the sound of Salmon Creek running low over its stones. Lemus Landscaping starts early on days like that, mowing while the shade still holds the yards, then coming back with the trimmer for fence lines, mailbox posts and everything a mower can't reach. Small things decide how a place reads — the edge along the driveway, the clippings blown clear of the walk. By the time the heat stacks up at noon the lawns are done and the whole yard looks settled. Sodus and its neighboring towns get that same rhythm all season long.