mother nature, that bitch
Last week, I noticed a spider making a web on my balcony.
He had somehow stretched the supporting lines from the balcony above mine to the railing for my balcony, which at a distance of 4 or 5 feet, 8 stories above the ground is no small feat for the little guy. Anyway, having never spent the time to actually watch a spider spin his web, I was enthralled by him tirelessly circling around and around, looping the line over and under. Truly one of nature’s little wonders, I may have watched him for the rest of the afternoon until he was finished if I didn’t have to go back to work.
A freak rain shower happened that afternoon and when I came back to the office, the web was in tatters and my spider friend was no where to be found. Mother Nature is a bitch, or so I thought. Poor guy spent what had to been the better part of a day, showing work ethic I could only wish to have and just like that it was literally all washed away.
A day later, the web and spider were back and now he’s actually relocated it so it’s a bit higher and likely more apt to catch some grub. I’m leaving him be.
As a side note, I don’t like spiders. The usual creepy-crawly-phobia made worse by a giant wolf spider in my sneaker in Grade 9. So making “friends” with this balcony spider is a bit of a step. With that said, he’s totally doing nothing about the stupid ass flies that are frequenting my balcony and now my apartment.