Dreaming of sweet corn

The first seeds went into the newly minted garden boxes tonight. We planted peas, lettuce and corn as the sun was setting on a second blisteringly hot day. 

Although spring is just getting into gear, the heat made it feel like a summer night, and we planted and worked until the light was gone from the sky and we had to fumble to pick up our tools as we trudged back up to the house. If it weren't for the blooming dogwood watching us off to the side and the lack of fireflies in the dusk air, I could almost believe it was the middle of the summer.

Such promise.