Outwitting Spiders – April and May

Years ago I settled into a chair on the wrap-around porch of an over-the-top Victorian style bed and breakfast in Cape May NJ. When I looked up, the sky blue ceiling of the porch sparked some calming chemicals in my brain. I fell in love with a blue ceiling! In sharing this remarkable response I had with others, I learned it was a southern thing meant to prevent spiders from making webs and mud daubers from building nests based on the theory that they interpret the color as the sky. There’s also the superstition that it keeps ghosts away since it’s the color of water and everyone knows ghosts can’t traverse water. Whatever the reason, there’s the indisputable pleasure of gazing at an artificial sky on a cloudy day.

April and May brought a blue porch ceiling that extended on to the eaves circling The Number Nine. With the crossbeams painted a dark chocolate, I feel a wonderful convergence of heavenly and earthly energetics in a simple coat of paint. I am truly astonished how much it raises my mood catching glimpses out the window or while swimming. Something in my brain is deeply and deliciously tickled and I become a big smile.

By the way, I’ve found some spider webs, no mud daubers, and so far no ghosts.