A Glowing Volcano

Mmmph! I stepped back indoors as night settled, tiptoeing past the hallway into the cozy corner beside the tall bookshelf. Sitting on a low wooden stool was a plugged-in red lava lamp, slowly warming up in the dim room! Leaning my gear carefully against the baseboard, I crouched down and wrapped both thick yellow gloves around the cool metal base. Inside the tall glass cylinder, heavy crimson blobs of wax were just starting to stretch and separate. Mmh-hmm! One big molten bubble broke free from the bottom, floating lazily upward through the amber liquid like a rising ball of glowing magma. I tilted my mask from side to side in pure delight, gently tapping the glass with a rubber fingernail. Mmm-hurr!