I photograph Iris in the woods.

Akiva cuts a downed willow branch to add some substance to a bridge-that-ought-to-be.

I photograph the obligatory hug at the grandparent trees.

Compare it to this photo: 12 July 2018

Iris gently bonks noses with Brook.

Then she bonks not so gently!

Akiva throws a rope to climb a tree.

He ascends a bit—

but cannot ascend the biggest tree in the woods very far with a six-foot rope.

I had to look it up: fashion models are required to look glum on the runway in order to avoid taking the focus away from the clothing they are wearing. In other words, perhaps if they smiled, they would look too beautiful for us to bother caring about their clothing. This doesn’t make much sense to me. Why hire those who have, ostensibly, the most perfect faces and then tell them— “Go out there and knock ’em dead! —but not too dead. We don’t want actual dead people, so look as average as possible.” Why not just hire average people and let them smile? In sum, I don’t buy it. I think there’s another reason they’re required to look glum, and I think I know what it is: glumness is currently in fashion. Smiles come and go! Here is a woodland setting with facially fashionable children. Uh, wait. Isn’t it fashionable for children to smile? Oops…