spider web

I had to fish out my pullover from the cupboard today. Yes, it is that chilly in Bangalore today; well more windy than chilly to be politically correct. It is quite a contrast to life in Chennai metro.I used to literally crawl from one ac room to another. I would get out of the ac, quickly have coffee and call up my mother to keep the ac on in their bedroom and make a 10 minute dash to their place. I will be all huffing and puffing once I reach there walking from my place. I dive into the ac room and order ice cold water and wet towels please. Only then sanity returns.

Now to get back to my story. I was opening the sliding window in the dining hall yesterday evening and was awestruck by a beautiful spider web. I had last seen one in picture in my primary school days. I also remember drawing one painstakingly with a larger than life spider right at the centre. But this one was quite tiny;its web was truly larger than life. I kept staring and wondering at the beautiful craftwork. I was watching quietly to see if I can spot the master at work. But I kept staring for quite a while and the spider appeared to weave its web by sheer magic without as much as moving its little finger.

I went to fetch my camera to record on tape what I had recorded in my mind's eye. No, it was not easy as the light was against us and I could only spot the clothes line in the neighbours balcony and not our master weaver. I tried some more and some more and then told myself I will be back here tomorrow morning when I catch the spider's web in the morning sunlight.

I was not lucky. The whole web had disappeared today morning when I opened the window. I told you it is terribly windy here in Bangalore. The beautifully cast web perhaps had no chance. I only wish the spider crawled itself into a corner and will be back again in a different window in a short while from now. I will keep my eyes peeled till then.