. Next to the ground; chronicles of a countryside. Natural history. Chapter II. ALLOWING lasted six weeks—from mid-July to the end of August. Throughout it, Joe spent the most part of Sunday flat on his back, realizing, for the first time in his life, the sweetness of doing nothing. It was pure bliss to stir drowsily at dawn, remember the day, and roll over again for a long, delicious sleep. Then when he really awoke, what joy to lie relaxed, at full ease, upon white sheets smell- ing of rose leaves, and watch the vagrant creeping sunrays set little suns, blurred and tremulous with leaf-shadow
. Next to the ground; chronicles of a countryside. Natural history. Chapter II. ALLOWING lasted six weeks—from mid-July to the end of August. Throughout it, Joe spent the most part of Sunday flat on his back, realizing, for the first time in his life, the sweetness of doing nothing. It was pure bliss to stir drowsily at dawn, remember the day, and roll over again for a long, delicious sleep. Then when he really awoke, what joy to lie relaxed, at full ease, upon white sheets smell- ing of rose leaves, and watch the vagrant creeping sunrays set little suns, blurred and tremulous with leaf-shadows, here, there, everywhere, on the clean oak floor! Through every fiber his body cried out for rest, but his mind was more than ever active. Thus he fell in the way of watching things — the things that flew and crept and crawled. It was not wholly a new pursuit — he had. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McCulloch-Williams, Martha, b. ca. 1857. New York, McClure, Philips & Co.
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