Monday, October 1, 2012

Truly Whimsy



My Mind Wandering blog has been out of action for a while as the Texas sun and the drought has frizzled my brain somewhat during this long summer. Now the other day, towards the end of September early in the morning. I was walking through my garden and at the back of my brain a small whimsical thought stirred. True we had had a heavy dew that night and some places were saying be careful as it's foggy but there was weak sun out and I had slept pretty well. I felt really good  so what could it be...

I glanced up to the stairs that lead up to my studio and there strung right across the staircase was an enormous spider web centered around an enormous spider.( Well, it looked big to me) It was so ugly and scary but also a thing of beauty with the morning light glistening through the web.

Now what to do? I really didn't want to break the web down as obviously the Spider had spent all night working on this beautiful gateway to my stairs.
True Whimsey appeared by my side and said “No problem,we can handle this in next to no time”and so he did.

Just in case you are wondering who True Whimsey is ( or TW) for short... he is this little figment of my imagination that helps write blogs, paint,  think creatively and figure out all kinds of  stuff. I bet you have a similar creature living in your head too.

To continue the tale.
Whimsey first needed to see the spider CLOSE UP.
Yes it is truly large( I've noticed , he likes using his name a lot) but NO problem”.
Do be careful .I said, “don't hurt the little fellow. Spiders eat all the other nasty things out here like mosquitoes and flies that settle on sandwiches and glasses of beer. We need them.”
NO PROBLEM” said Whimsey. “You'll be up these stairs in a flash.”
And with that he climbed on the stair rail, and huffed and puffed and the spider flew gently through the air with his web intact and caught on the side rail where he could continue his good work.

As True Whimsey says ( quotes) If you wish to live and thrive .let the spiders run alive.
The spider continues his good works,