The Spider and the Fly

This is total bullshit said the spider to the fly...it hurts to walk, it hurts to sit, on spinning a web, it hurts to try.

Mr Spider, my wings are old and weak and do not flap, cried back the fly.

Age has us all become decrepit and weak.

I'd like to laugh, but I think I'd die.

Old friend Mr Fly, I will engage...time has passed I won't deny, but I did not bargain for pain and age.

The order for slow death I will deny.

Mr Spider you are wise...it suits one of many feet as me with many eyes...but age we must and death we greet.

Well then...You first old friend...

And Mr Spider reached over and bit the head off Mr Fly.

The many eyeballs of Mr Fly popped and crunched like so many bubble wrapped Gummy Bears.

The morning sun was up and felt good on Mr Spider's back.

It was only 9 in the morning, and Mr Spider wondered what he would do with the rest of his day.

Written while involved in Alfred DePew's writing course. West End, Vancouver 2011.

Drill Bits and Dynamite....Part Twenty One....More Walls And Bridges

Mostly Photos...a bit of commentary if I have anything to offer. I worked on the Segment One section in West Vancouver ( by far the best section...makes me feel sad for the other guys ) I photographed Seg 2 and 3 highway construction but don't know the details of what's going on..or what the individual jobs were called.

South end of Squamish

Brittania

Segment 2 office was on top of the hill

The mud flow was from contractors working to improve the stream ( with permits ) we circled around a few times just irritate them...they stopped working and while we were there. I gave them a copy of the pictures later

Seg 1 ..just north of Cut 10

Seg 1...Cut 10...the South crash wall

Larsen Creek bridge Seg 1

Seg 1 Larsen Creek Bridge to Cut 5

Seg 1 Eagleridge Overpass

Seg 1 Cut 10 Digging and wall construction

Cut 10 Footing and walls

MSE wall at north end of Cut 10

MSE wall construction at the Larsen Creek/ Cut 6 area

Larsen Creek Bridge

Larsen Creek...Cut 6 in the background

Larsen Creek ...Cut 5 in the background

Project Manager Rick Berg talking to local Bruce McArthur

Rick Berg, Bruce McArthur and I think the enviro consultant

Seg 1  Cut 10..North crash wall

Seg 1 Cut 10 South crash wall...excavator and rock truck working on goat trail high above the tracks

Excavating out a blast...then the driller/blasters go in and work on the next go ahead shot

Larsen Creek

Larsen Creek to Cut 5