I cannot help but wonder just where Robert lives. Since the sun’s apparent movement is from right to left over a large part of day, it follows that the location is well below the equator (probably lat -30 given the sun angle) which means Australia, South Africa, or Argentina. No Aussie colloquial language and the other two just do not seem to fit. So where are they?
Yes, Bill Watterson for the walking, talking stuffed animals (Hobbes), Calvin’s imaginary friend.