At Martins Creek the Delaware runs wide and slow past the old slate country, and the light that comes off the water in late afternoon lies flat and gold across every lawn on the river side of the road. R & R Lawn Services Inc works in that light — mowing on a set week, trimming out around foundations and posts, edging the walks until the line is unmistakable. Spring here starts damp and green off the river; fall drops leaves from the ridges above town in one enormous week, and the cleanups follow them down. Between those bookends it is simply the honest repetition of keeping a yard even, neat and ready for company. A trimmed lawn above a river like that one deserves to look the part.