waspy tales

A wasp after a long time....the last encounter with one was when I was all of 8 yrs and was stung so badly I cant forget the experience.Today the wasp was trying to build a nest in the key hole of one of our doors.The plants in the balcony provided good fodder to line the nest,so as i watched the wasp painstakingly took one leaf after the other and lined the key hole.I decided it was a single parent as there was no one to help.If I got too close then it refused to go anywhere near the key hole.
My mother is of the opinion that I should get rid of the nest and not encourage this exercise,after all being stung by a wasp is not a pleasant experience.I agree but cant bring myself to destroy such industry.The effort to carry each leaf is one thing,to actually measure the size required and to cut each one to size requires even more effort.The wasp didn't look like it was going to harm me,why should it unless I provoked it to anger.So i watch and wait and it continues to build.Methinks it will be a very comfortable nest,cosy and soft probably bound together with saliva used as glue.
I didn't destroy it because in life it takes a lit of effort to build anything,a home,a relationship,a career etc and to encounter people who pull one down at every turn is also common.Its pain full and takes courage to continue and sometimes its worth it and at other times its not.The wasps work this morning reminded me so much of life and it would have been unfair to destroy something built with such care.So it continues to line the nest and I hope they will be a happy family and find some other place to grow up in.I am kind but can only deal with one wasp at a time.