On more than one occasion she had characterized him as a loveable fool fit for a Shakespearean comedy. Of course when she said this he bristled. That was the required response to the characterization, else he willingly adopt the role in perpetuity. But deep within himself he knew there was more truth than perhaps even she realized in tagging him with the characterization. I mean certainly it made sense to assemble the plant potting stands soon after they were delivered. They both knew they would enhance their lanai and their cat would immediately call them home and direct which plants were to be her roommates when she chose to perch there. No one could really argue with the logic of that decision. But shouldn’t it have been balanced against the fact that it was 95 degrees outside that day? By the time he had completed the assembly to the cat’s satisfaction, he was bathed in sweat, a sweat that was not going to stop for some time after he retreated into the air conditioning. He knew he should have waited for a cooler day, but the cat said he would have been a fool to do so.