Southern Summers

There is something quite unique about southern summmers. Only a true Southerner knows what it is like to have to get up very early to get things outside done or waiting until dark to get back outside. All of this to avoid the heat. All those expressions, "dog days of summer"and "lazy southern summers", they have new meaning to me. The heat here is so oppressive! We have to plan our whole day around when it it just so hot that we MUST stay inside under the a/c. There's nothing lazy about those summers-just to0 dang hot to function! After saying all this, I couldn't resist the tradition of putting up corn this year. I haven't made time to do that in several years. We got up very early one morning and drove to my grandparents corn field, picked about 100 ears of corn and was back home by 8am. The boys enjoyed the work day. I cut the ends off of each ear, Brendan and Ethan did the shucking, Aaron did the silking. After we finished, we ended up helping Aaron with the silks. The boys got to go play some video games while I cut the corn off of the cob, blanched it and put it up. We got about 7 large bags of cut-off corn and a couple of bags still on the cob. Lots of work for so little result but it will be worth it this winter when we have fresh corn! I'm so glad that the boys got to do something that I did while growing up. I hope we made a memory. The funniest part was watching there reaction when they were surprised by a bug/worm in the corn. They even kept a few in the bug dome to watch for awhile- I NEVER DID THAT GROWING UP!