“Let’s do that tomorrow. I want to learn to make bread.”

“Okay. Let’s eat on the deck. You pour the iced tea and bring it.” Ginny grabbed the sack of chips and carried the two plates out to the umbrella table.

Later when she’d situated herself in the hammock, she fell asleep listening to the birds sing.

“Grandma, Grandma.” Addy shook her gently.

“Wha-what time is it?” Ginny blinked and tried to smile up at her granddaughter. “I guess I really fell asleep.”

“I thought you might want to be awake before they come.” Addy settled cross-legged down on the grass.

Ginny looked at her watch. “Oh my goodness, I slept for nearly three hours. Why’d you let me sleep so long?” She carefully sat up and swung her legs over the side. “I had no idea a nap in the hammock could feel so good. You want it for a while?”

“I was thinking to do the chores early.”

“Good idea. So what did you do all afternoon, after you groomed the animals, that is?”

“I cleaned up the kitchen, poured me some iced tea, and settled into the lounger with my book. Spook decided to share it with me so of course the cat got jealous and took over my lap. And they were sleeping so sound that it was contagious and I fell asleep.”

“You think perhaps we should have one of those lemon bars to get us going again?”

“Hmmm, let me think on this.” She laid the tip of her index finger against her lips. “Yep, definitely.” She stood with one smooth motion and held out her hand to help her grandma. “Be careful or it will dump you.”

Ginny stretched both arms above her head and leaned to the right and then the left. “Ah, what a lazy way to spend the afternoon.”

“Isn’t that what summers are for? And reading one book after another.”

“You think we should make a salad?” Ginny asked.

“What? And ruin the pizza?”

Spook announced the arrival of a car that did not contain family. His barks were very different.

“We’ll eat out on the deck.” Ginny handed a basket with all the necessary table things to Addy and went to welcome the guests.

“Let’s eat right away.” Loren was carrying the biggest pizza box. “It smells so good, it was all I could do to not grab a piece.”

Roxie gave Ginny a hug. “I had to threaten her to keep her fingers out of it. How are you, Addy? Grandma keeping you busy?”

Ginny snorted. “More like she is keeping me busy.”

Loren set the box in the middle of the table and looked around. “This is so lovely. Look, Mom, a hammock. We need one in our yard.” They all pulled out their chairs and sat, eyeing the box.

“Roxie, you want to say grace?” She did and they dug in.

Ginny wrapped a gooey string of cheese around her finger after taking a couple of bites. “Been a while since I had pizza. Thank you.”