More summer fun...shucking corn & "dog days"

The "chaste" tree in our front yard is looking lovely, and the kids were relatively clean and well dressed, so I thought I'd capitalize on the moment and snap a nice shot. They marred it a bit by insisting on garden gloves (why, I do not know) but they're sweet nonetheless.



I know, the dog days of summer are nowhere near here but that's all that goes through my head when I see this shot. The kids insisted I lift Lily into the hammock. We were all mightily surprised when 13 y.o. Munch managed the leap up there on his own.



Ainslie helped shuck corn for the first time. She loved it, of course, although I'm not sure if she was as happy as the chickens who were on the receiving end of the husks. :)