One day I feel sure I shall open the front door to find that we are totally encased in spider webs.
Bit by bit, in spite of my blundering about, the web is widening.
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The milkweed
The few remaining black-eyed Susans
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The corpse of a mallow which grew from the side of the house, producing such beautiful flowers.
Hopefully it will reseed itself. I’ll try planting seeds in better locations next year, although plants seem to prefer doing their own thing. At least in my garden.
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Willow dodged easily around and under the webs to find her favourite grass.
Despite all the webs we seldom see a spider “at home”.
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However one bright day recently, we walked down to the field.
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The field is totally wild and I don’t venture there because it would be easy to get a foot caught and fall.
And because of ticks.
But Grant carved out a small portion making it possible for me to walk all the way down.
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There I peeped over at the adjacent corn field and watched for birds that live in these hedges but don’t come to the feeders.
Wrens probably.
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They flitted in and out, making it hard to get a photograph and impossible to identify.
To me this looks like a house sparrow or a field sparrow.
It could very easily be one of my regulars just checking to see what I was up to.
“Don’t invite anyone to eat our sorghum!”
How convenient that it grew beside their bush.
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The pine trees have grown a lot
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A better look at the cornfield.
It’s always interesting to view a scene from different perspectives.
Many fields have been harvested already.
At ground level, there was lots to see.
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Big fat spiders. Eeeek.
Glad to see them. In the field.
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A few pictures from my wild field.
Stunning photos!
Thank you. Nature provides good subjects.
Oh Carolyn this is lovely, I so enjoyed reading your story. I am 75 by the way and can’t walk either. Looking forward to reading your blog.
Thank you. The subjects vary and my thoughts very often vere off track! I am reading your posts and enjoying them but I feel unqualified to comment. Your courage and emotional strength humble me.
You paint a lovely picture Carolyn, including the spiders
Love your vibrant flower shots!
Thank you, Carolyn, for your beautiful display of spider’s web. I love when it is covered with dew or a light rain. Your description of fields, trees, flowers and wild creatures is written by talented hand and your photographs are extraordinary in their details, color and light, simply perfect.
Joanna
You’ve got quite a cobweb artwork here! And it’s true that pine trees grow fast (up to 2 feet per year I read recently). And your tiny flowers covered in dew/raindrops are beautiful (I’m a teeny bit scared of spiders).
I love spiders, although not so much when I walk into their webs!