The Kid discovered that pushing the water towards the wall of the pool would make it splash out. It seems this took a long time to discover. I was fresh out of the cold water, sitting in the corner on the deck, trying to stay dry = good incentive to figure out how to splash without splashing.
We agreed that it would be fun to take some shots of the water splashing, and we were right!
His jaw dropped when he saw this one—by far his favorite. (It is pretty neat.)
And one from a cannonball:
Also, the garden is much happier since our temps have gotten out of the 110s and since the shade cloth went up. Here, we have cucumber- and corn-to-be. The lead photo is pre-tomatoes.
This … I wish you could smell it. Basil smells so good…
Marigolds to help keep the tomatoes happy, and lavender just because:
And finally, I like the bits of web here.