“What?!?! There’s actually a National Save A Spider Day?” My girlfriends would think I’ve lost my ever-loving mind if I told them my secret.
It happens that I have a fascination for spiders. I stand close and watch their little furry bodies as they lumber along. Their webs are a beautiful designed architecture, which fascinates the artist in me. I can’t resist examining each specimen carefully with its bright colors and shapes.
As I sat on my back porch swing enjoying a cool evening, I discovered under the roof’s eve a gargantuan beige spider in its thick-as-thread web. The spider’s head was a large cubical shape and as large as my thumb. He reminded me of Spiderus Reeves in the children’s book, Miss Spider’s Wedding, by David Kirk, which is wonderfully illustrated. A favorite pastime with my grandson is to find spiders and bugs and let them crawl on us.
“Kill a Spider? No way!” Zach says.
We might fetch it with a tissue and take it outside but never kill it.
I’m just an outdoorsy girl through and through and love all of God’s wonders. So, whoever came up with Save-A-Spider Day—Thank you!
Martha Lancaster is a writer, artist, grandmother, and administrator/registrar for the Pikes Peak Writers and the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. She is a long time member of Olgy Gary's critique group.
© 2007 Martha Lancaster. Original for CCF (Lancaster grants CCF first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).
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