I can't remember such a good day for doing nothing in 10 years, maybe more. A lazy summer day, even though it is September now. Everybody wanted to go lie out on the deck boards, so I went out too. I brought my book, sat in the chair, read for a while.
Then I lay down on the boards too, my head between Fluffy and the railing, my body blocking escape down the steps. Later on, Fluffy came and climbed up on my leg, so I rolled onto my back and watched the clouds scudding in 2 directions. Then Buddy came over and took the place in the shade where Fluffy had been. Wheatley managed to turn end for end in the opposite corner.
Eventually I had enough of nothing and sat up with my feet on the steps and took my book and read some more. Fluffy took the leash and stepped down into the grass by the maple tree. She stayed there when the rest of us went back into the cool of the house, but then she moved hjalfway back and lay down by the hosta.
Wheatley found the food and had a snack. Buddy stretched out in the living room and Wheatley took the big chair. I sat here are wrote a vignette about actual reality.