It was a good day...

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It's been a good day. I've worked hard and I got a lot accomplished. I am happy that I am provided food and a safe enviroinment for my family. Now it is time for a little relaxation in the sunshine. With any luck I will be able to have a cool drink to boot.

I see that drink right now... just a drop of clear water sitting there with the sunshine reflecting though it... It looks safe enough here I go...

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It's been a good day. I've worked hard and I got a lot accomplished. I am happy that I am provided food and a safe enviroinment for my family. Now it is time for a little relaxation in the sunshine. With any luck I will be able to have a cool drink to boot.

I've got that cool one in my hand now... a cold beer. As I savor that first sip I set the bottle down on the table and reflect on my blessed life. Life is good.

My cold bottle of beer is sweating in the humid air and as I lift the beer for another sip, little beads of sweat drip off. I look down and on the surface of the deck one drop has landed perfectly. It exploded into one big drop surrounded by about a dozen smaller droplettes in a perfect circle around it. I am amazed at how perfectly symetrical the design is. A few rays of direct sunshine have made it thought the tree canopy overhead and they have landed right on this amazing artwork. Now it looks like a cross between a prism and a magnifying glass. I am mesmerized.

I reach for my beer and it's empty... I drank the whole thing while I was watching a drop of water.  I look back down and the drop of water has soaked into the wood of my deck... I need to waterproof the #&*#%##*^ deck again... maybe my bride won't notice it and I won't have to do it right away.  My beer is empty, and the sun has gone down, and I hear a mosquito buzzing my ear.  I now notice a tiny little jumping spider right next to that wet spot on the deck. It's the kind of spider that is really fast and can really jump. I calculate where he will jump if I try to step on him. Mmmmmm...

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I hop real fast over to the beautiful drop of water and I am mezmerized by it. It's a perfect design of a big drop surrounded by about a dozen tiny droplettes. The sun is shining on it and it looks like a prism and as I look though it it makes everything big. I hop over to it and drink one of the tiny drops of clear water... it's cold water!  I can't believe my good fortune at having found cold water on a hot day.  As I pause to reflect on my good fortune I look at the dimished rays of sun streaking through the trees.  Soon it will be time for dinner.  I turn back and the drops have all melted into the wood I am standing on. That guy that lives here will probably apply another coat of water proofing to the wood. Last time he did that he really made a mess of my web beneath the deck... great ... here we go again....

Hey it's getting dark all of a sudden.................................

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That spider is standing there perfectly still, he must see me. He is probably thinking that guy is going to try to step on me and he's calculating which way I will move to step on him. This will be a good contest since I am sitting at a funny angle to him. Here goes... wham....

As another mosquito buzzes my ear the back door opens and my wife walks out to visit with me on the deck.  Then she looks down and sees two wet spots on the deck and says:

"Don't you think it's about time to waterproof the deck again"?

5.

Don't hang around the watering hole after your drink has gone dry...