They say that corn is supposed to be "knee-high by the fourth of July."
Well, ours was waist high by the 30th of June:

Not nearly as catchy, but a signal that things are going well in the family garden.
( We've got to remember to bring an actual camera with us one of these days. The cell phone cam seems to be getting worse and worse. It doesn't help that the screen on the Samsung Juke is no larger than a postage stamp, making it impossible to see what you are actually taking a picture of.)