Daydream Believers

Actually, we didn't do a whole lot today but be together. I didn't get up until around 11:30. Lauren didn't awaken until nearly noon! I made whole wheat pancakes for both of us for breakfast. Lauren had raspberries and blueberries in hers; I had blueberries and chocolate chips. Other than I made a bit of a mess, we had a pleasant meal. Lauren said the pancakes were delicious. They must have been. She had two big ones and ate both!

I put on a copy of the Monkees concert from 2000 that Lauren sent me years ago. It was fun to watch Peter, Micky, and Davy (Mike doesn't like touring) be silly and play music onstage. We followed that up with a couple of episodes of the original show, including one, "Monkees Mind Their Manor," featuring Bowery Boy Billy Benedict in a cameo role as an elderly man. (He also showed up briefly in an earlier second season episode, "Monkee Mayor," as a sky writer.)

Around 4PM, we decided we were tired of sitting around. I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and Lauren made a salad. We threw bags of snap peas and cherries and a container of sliced tomatoes and apricots in my Styrofoam cooler, grabbed my umbrella, and headed next-door for a picnic.

It was a good day for just hanging out. It was cloudy and much cooler than it has been lately, barely in the 80s. There was a wonderful breeze coming off the river. Except for one woman and her big, shaggy dog, we had the whole park to ourselves. We sat on an old navy sheet of mine and enjoyed our lunch/dinner and the decent weather. Lauren prowled around the park for a while, looking for berry bushes. She never did find them, but she did enjoy the splendid view of Oaklyn and West Collingswood.

When we came back in, we switched off taking showers and getting cleaned up, then watched Bowery Boys movies before going online early. We'll be doing more tomorrow. At the very least, I need to do the laundry, so we won't be hanging around the house all day again.