The Ant

By Lynn, on December 5th, 2008

I’m not sure what’s up, but this fella crawled around on the wall behind my desk. All. Day.

This is a brick column in my office. It’s been painted. I know, I know. It looks like a misshapen piece of cake with boiled icing, but it’s not. It really is brick. And the paint is not so white. It’s more a linen, sort of off-white color. Maybe it’s the flash. I digress.

Yo, ant. What’s up? Are you lost? Exploring? Looking for a place to build?

I’m not sure what to do with this ant. I suppose I could scoop it up on a little piece of paper and deliver it outside, but it’s freezing out there. And after watching this little ant all day — all 8 long hours, I feel like we’ve bonded.

Yes, the little ant is still crawling around on that great (to him) expanse of white wall. Looking for something.

It made me remember a book my children all loved when they were little.

Henry’s Awful Mistake

Let’s just say that Henry sees one lone ant right before having company over and basically destroys his house trying to get rid of it. It’s a cute book. It may be the reason I let the ant crawl around while I just kept on typing.

An other, more relaxing note, I found these the other day. Very current (many November 2008), very new looking…

At 25 cents apiece. I am heading into my snuggly den now to pile on the loveseat in front of the warm heater, with a cup of hot tea, to flip through a couple of these – maybe all of them,while I think of decorating a room in the doll house.

Then it’ll be time for more Caddie Woodlawn. The fun never ends.

Lynn