We finally made it home late Sunday afternoon, leaving the glue to cure for a day. This morning as we were preparing to return to the city to finish up this little bit of business, it was warming, overcast, humid with a south wind. I was headed out to the compost pile when I happened to notice a spider web in the span between the underneath of the truck and the concrete driveway. I noticed it because it was all dewey and the light was illuminating it.
We have a flat lap that we bought and have plans to refurbish it and it too was on the driveway and also covered in spider webs, or rather a web and lots of crazy silk strands, all dewey and lit up.
I started looking around, my mission to the compost pile forgotton in the wonder of the moment, and I saw other webs everywhere...under the eaves of the house, enveloping a concrete sculpture of a small boy, in the trees, the brick pile, the ferns.
Some were complete webs but many were small tangles
or just single strands, some 4', 5', 6' long, draped among the foliage like garlands on a christmas tree, all jeweled and strung with pearls.
But not a single spider to be seen.
Such beautiful handiwork! Curious -where have all the spiders gone?
ReplyDeleteWowzers, these are simply amazing, Ellen. They're gorgeous -- and just a bit scary, eh? Why so many so fast and so abandoned. But what a brilliant site all lit up and dewey, as you describe. Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeletemmmmmmmm lovely ellen. my faves are the tangled up webs. i love to look at the spaces in-between the silk - makes the webs more like the leading in stained glass. steven
ReplyDeleteMiniature works of art - lovely!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful...such artistry.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting art exhibit going on here. Such detail in nature, imagine the work that went into those creations? Very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! But a couple of those more complete ones would have looked better with a large spider in the middle. Not saying I LIKE spiders, but I think seeing them on their creations is pretty cool - & reminds me of their function in this old world.
ReplyDeleteFabulous shots Ellen! Spider webs are simply amazing, and I bet, like snowflakes, there are not two alike.
ReplyDeleteOnce when walking our dog in the early morning hours, the sun was at just the right, low angle to illuminate hundreds and hundreds of spider webs along the path. They shone like sparkling diamonds. After that I made it a point to walk at that time of day so as not to miss the spider webs.
Well, obviously their work was done and they are all here in Florida swinging in hammocks, drinking Margaritas, and resting their weary spinnerets.
ReplyDeleteStunning photos Ellen. And a great reminder of all the life that carries on unseen.
mmmm...webby goodness. These are great photos, the kind you see a year later and they make you remember the moment so vividly.
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful web. I have such a hard time try to photograph any that I find. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteNature's art is hard to duplicate!
ReplyDeleteArtwork by some little spider who is busily working elsewhere..
ReplyDeleteI love finding spider webs! Maybe the residents were out hunting....
ReplyDeleteAmazing. Such beautiful work...nature never ceases to amaze me.
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