Wired or Webbed?

Birds on a wire - chattering

Busy little homemaker

Waiting for dinner - Yum!

quivering

I feel very trapped tonight. I have to go for my CT scan tomorrow and I REALLY don't want to go.  I don't understand why I dread each one so much.  It's really not that big of a deal, the worst part is trying to get the IV started ~ all the same, I dread it and am a bundle of nerves.

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dedicated

You'll have no idea when you look at this photo how much trouble I went to to get it. I saw a small spider (about the size of a pencil eraser) hanging from a single thread. I went in and got my macro lens, and tripod - oh I loath a tripod. When I came back out all I saw was the thread. I waited. . .suddenly he emerged from under a flower and he went up, then down, then up, then down, for at least ten minutes I tried to track this tiny being with no success.

Finally, he took a breather, in the area that appeared to be the center of all his lines.  To get a good focus on this tiny creature I had to use a very long exposure (the sun was fading fast) and hold my breath while the wind blew him gently (not good for a long exposure).  It took several attempts to get one this clear.

I continued to watch him as he moved again, this time, round and round.  He was amazingly quick!  I would guess I stood transfixed for nearly an hour, even watching after darkness fell and moths almost became dinner.  I'm not keen on spiders, but behind the lens I'm brave; I do appreciate his dedication to his task.  Sometimes, things are worth all the effort poured into them.

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Wicked Web

Often being a person diagnosed with cancer leaves you feeling like you're caught in a web. Doctors, oncologists, tests, medications, more tests, more meds, more doctors, and on and on it goes. No matter what you see a doctor for, if the doctor is new to you, he wants to hear all about the cancer from diagnosis to present day.  You just want to leave the cancer behind and move forward, but the old you, the carefree, cancer-free you is lost forever.

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Distractions

It seems my yard is full of life! Watching creatures find and build suitable homes for themselves and their eggs is quite amazing! Checking up on them daily to see how things are going helps keep my mind on the future, on the way things keep moving on. I've never seen a spider so protective! She has been in the same spot for days. Such dedication! I bet the eggs feel safe and secure, protected from the world! I know I appreciate the people fighting my battle with me, the understanding and security they provide is one of the best gifts! I wonder how long it takes for spider eggs to hatch. It feels good to distract myself with wonderings of nature!

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She looks a little deflated.  Maybe I should gather some food for her.

Eight eyes! Creepy! lol

A foggy day in Door County

We decided on a quick run to one of the lighthouses in Door County, as we got closer we drove into fog and the air was significantly cooler than in Sturgeon Bay.

There was moisture in the air, and spider webs everywhere!

What you see here are my attempts at “macro” shots with a 400mm lens. A lens that requires a minimum distance between camera and subject of 5 feet.

Other than the lens to contend with there was also the fog, and wind - it was very windy! And, well, webs move in the wind.

I never saw a spider - just plenty of webs!

Wonder what’s out there.

Another lighthouse. You may remember it from a sunny day a few years ago.

Good thing I’m not arachnophobia!

Nighttime Web Weaver

Haden loves to grab his flashlight and go exploring in the dark. Often he drags me and my camera out on his explorations.

What do you think he found?

We spent several evenings watching this spider.

Not only that, but on the very first evening Haden (eternal Discovery Channel watcher) told me that this type of spider rebuilds his web every night. Sure enough, in the day there is no web, but at night there is web.

According to my son, this spider recycles its web. How about that, a ‘green’ spider!

Every morning, it takes its web apart and it stays in a curl of bark until dark. Haden had pointed that particular piece of bark out to me and he was right, a few evenings later we saw the spider go up to it.

He's as big as the tip of an index finger, well a 16 year old's index finger.

He spins his web so fast, round and round. . .

. . . pulling and tugging. . .

. . . spitting out sparkling twine from his behind.

Walking a tightrope.

He’s so smart!!

The spider, not Haden. Well Haden’s smart too but I was referring to the spider!