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Six o’clock at the park

A picnic table in the dappled shade of a broad, low tree in a neighbourhood park.

Nobody arranges it. At six the park fills, and by seven somebody has produced a flask of tea and a box of something fried.

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  1. A tabby cat asleep on a wooden deck, its head on its paws under the rail of a chair.

    Morning. The cat is asleep on the sofa, where the first sun lands.

  2. A tabby cat asleep on a wooden deck, its head on its paws under the rail of a chair.

    This step brings no picture of its own, so the sofa stays. That is the rule: a step keeps the picture before it.

  3. Two black and white cats asleep side by side on a pink mat, on top of a blue cupboard.

    By noon the warm patch has moved, and the cat has moved with it.

  4. Bougainvillea in pink and red flower, growing out through the black iron railing of a balcony.

    Evening. The balcony cools down and the bougainvillea gets a visit.