Dog Days of Summer

This summer has actually been surprisingly cool.  Today is hot though.  The chickens are panting and the dogs are layin' in the shade.

Our neighbor's dog visits Ida 

Ms. Mouser Annabelle hangs with the doggies

Our house has old school, thick guage aluminum siding that the white paint has almost completely chalked off of.  It looks like a dingy silver bullet.  We hope to paint it next year.   

Buckwheat in front, pumpkins with a bad case of powdery mildew.  I hope the plants make it long enough to ripen the pumpkins.

Buckwheat flowering.  This was a really quick covering crop, flowering within a month of planting.