Posts Tagged ‘spiders’
spiders by the mystic
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged arthropods, legs, Mystic River, nature, nature photography, Photography, spiders, urban landscape on September 5, 2018| Leave a Comment »
before sunrise
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, Uncategorized, tagged design, Inspiration, nature, Photography, spider's web, spiders, travel, Tumwater, urban wildlife, Washington State, webs on November 25, 2017| 1 Comment »

a spider’s web by lamplight
in the swan lake gardens
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, dragonflies, insects, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nature photography, Photography, South Carolina, spiders, Sumter, swans, travel, waterfowl on October 2, 2016| 3 Comments »
webs
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, friendship, insects, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, observation, Photography, spiders, webs on August 22, 2016| 2 Comments »
Now, I didn’t quite do a physical happy dance but I kind of sort of did mentally. When I was recently with my friend who needs to walk as part of her recuperation, we were slowly walking along a canal, and then I paused. She asked what I was looking at. I remember saying, “I saw just a shimmer … but the thing about spider webs is that you need the right light … wait a minute! Wait a minute! There! Can you see it? There’s the web!”
I kept inching forward despite the fact that swimming is not my greatest skill. The web was right at the water’s edge taut between trees and grape vines. I knew the light would shift soon, and it did. My friend had waited patiently for me as I got as many shots as I could. Eventually we continued on our loop. I became lost in my thoughts and then I heard, “Cynthia!” I looked around. “What?” “Don’t you see it?” She pointed out a spider’s web. And she pointed it out with expectation. With a grin, I pulled out my camera.
She continued to point out spider webs throughout the journey home.
Despite my love for E. B. White’s book Charlotte’s Web and the animated movie, I don’t go out of my way to seek out spiders. But I do have a growing appreciation for the webs. Their embodiment of complicated concepts of connections, nodes, fragility and at the same time great strength and resiliency. I can’t always see the webs around me but when I do I treasure the moment and I am grateful when others point out those webs to me.
a bit macabre …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged creatures, insects, Inspiration, macabre, moths, nature, Photography, spiders, wings on October 4, 2012| 2 Comments »
… but I couldn’t help myself. Sometimes I find dragonflies on the ground and sometimes I find moths. On occasion, I spy spiders sitting on silken webs in a corner of the house.
I’ve yet to photograph the mouse that refuses to wear diapers else he’d be welcome to stay. In the end, they are all beautiful creatures.