Thursday, August 30, 2007

The Kingdom of Spiders


Thursday morning, though I had the day off, I had to get up early to drive Hugh to the airport. It was very foggy and gray and as I looked around me while in the outdoor shower, I suddenly noticed a spider web, and then I saw another, and another, and another. They were everywhere—the trees were festooned with webs!

They were everywhere! This is part of what fascinates me about nature. It is so easy not to see what is all around you; you have to just go and BE out in it for a while and then you begin to see the small and the quiet things.

There are probably webs out there every single day and I just never see them because I'm in too much hurry or it's too late or too sunny or whatever.

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