Wrapping on heaven's door

The yolk stares up at me like a Christo island wrapped in white. Not in the mood, I poke it with the corner of the spatula, then unplug the toaster oven. Every time I write a new to-do list I add "clean out the toaster oven so you don't burn down the condo".  Never crossed off, it hovers right next to the item about selling everything on Craigslist to become fabulously wealthy and retire to a small yellow cabin with a screened porch. Those are both preferable to having a baseline colonoscopy., and more likely than "catching up on ironing".

Peek-a-boo ICU. The pickles wink. The toast is ready with melted cheddar, mustard, and a couple hamburger dills. Add the egg, and bite into a substantial wake-up sandwich.

The sky is full of floating, gleaming spider silk. Baby spiderlings have cast their fates to the wind, ballooning off to new territories, or wrapping telephone wires. Sinking to earth, the silk drapes flower beds and fences. We have been t.p.ed by fairies and Jack Frost. We have been gossamered!

gos·sa·mer

ˈgäsəmər/

noun

noun: gossamer

1. 1.

   a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, which is seen esp. in autumn.

   synonyms:

   cobwebs;  silk, gauze, chiffon "her dress swirled like gossamer"

   • used to refer to something very light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate.

     "in the light from the table lamp, his hair was blond gossamer"

     synonyms:

     gauzy, gossamery, fine, diaphanous, delicate, filmy, floaty, chiffony,cobwebby, wispy, thin, light, insubstantial, flimsy; More

Tonight I am wrapping, wrapping, masking the walls. Jeanne-Claude and Christo are too busy to help. I'm just surprised they are still alive. Tomorrow I'll use the cleaner/etcher on the prepped concrete floor.

May your valley of dreams be draped in pale orange silk.  Nighty night.

© 2013 Nancy L. Ruder