My friend and fellow writer Adrianna Buonarroti introduced me to the little fox from Google’s tea house theme.  I am always curious what he is up to.  For instance, in the image below, he’s sitting on his pier with his lantern watching toy boats in the evening.  If you check back an hour later, he’ll be stargazing with his telescope.

The tea house theme for gmail depicts another view, on the opposite side his pagoda.  Sometimes he is picking flowers in his courtyard or as of five minutes ago, he is cooking dinner inside.  Why does this little guy’s activity intrigue me?  Perhaps it is simply another form of procrastination, one more thing to check out before getting down to the business of writing.