The first cut of the day on the lanes off Tinker Street happens while the dew is still heavy enough to darken a boot. A Cut Above The Rest mows Woodstock lawns, runs the trimmer along stone walls and fence posts, and edges the walks so the line reads clean from the street. Clippings get cleared instead of left in drifts, and the spring and fall cleanups take a yard back to bare, breathing ground. There is a particular satisfaction in the last stripe closing on a Catskill dooryard — mower shut off, hill above going quiet again.