It was late afternoon. It was hot and sleepy. A cicada was buzzing. I slowly walked down the trail. As I came around a small bend, the sun was slanting through the underbrush. I was suddenly awakened to a dream. To my wonder, the sun’s rays were illuminating a cosmic labyrinth of spider webs. The silk threads refracted the light and created a starry chandelier that sparkled with the full spectrum of colors. It was dazzling to watch as it swayed in the breeze.
In the center of the shimmering, cosmic web was a delicate spider. It was completely still in this energetic array of lights. I can’t even imagine how this spider crawled out to the edge of a leaf, looked into the space between the branches, envisioned building its home, and attached the first thread of this network of fibers. Amazing!
