Saturday, 19 October 2024

It’s that time of year . . .

 

It’s that time of year . . .

. . . when spiders spin their silken webs and catch the morning dew.

With a slight fog on Friday morning, the webs were particularly noticeable on the trees in our back garden.



44 comments:

  1. Wonderful photos. It is certainly a lovely time of year. I love when you can walk the fields and see the spiders' webs everywhere. It's so amazing that there are so many of them!

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  2. That spider web is looking so exquisite

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  3. I agree that fall spider webs are especially impressive.

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    1. They catch the eye when they're covered in dew.

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  4. The webs are beautiful, so large and thick enough to be seen easily. We don't get that where I am.

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    1. Our spiders aren't as scary as yours, though.

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  5. The last photo (and header) looks like a boat with its sails unfurled.

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    1. I hadn't noticed that, but you're right.

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  6. The second English spider webs I am seeing this evening, the other in a misty London. The photos of the webs show them as being quite artful but the last web looks like a crazy and absolutely wonderful mess. I think drugs must have been involved.

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  7. As a child I used to think they were fairy blankets .
    They are so delicate.

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  8. That first line made me think you were about to give us a poem...

    It’s that time of year
    When spiders spin their silken webs
    And catch the morning dew
    As I smoke a Woodbine and read "The Sun"
    While sitting on the loo.

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    1. I had thought about attempting a poem, but decided against it. You can thank me later.
      Woodbines takes me back to my parents' newsagents and confectioners - all those exotic, evocative names of tobacco and cigarettes. Shame about the nicotine . . .

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  9. As much as I am disgusted by the view of a spider and would run away, as much I admire their cobwebs ! Real artworks ! I have one spider (outside) I have never seen, but each morning I can see a new cobweb which it had spun during the night, and with the sun shining on it, it is real a beautiful artwork !

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  10. Webs are so intricate and delicate. Beautiful artwork, as you say.

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  11. They are simply so beautiful and so imaginable how they weave them over and over again when they have to. These are great pictures thanks

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    1. Such incredible work from such tiny creatures.

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  12. Very pretty but horrible to walk into!

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    1. I've learnt to walk with something held in front of me. Much as I admire them, I hate walking into them.

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  13. I am always amazed when I see the spider webs on the bushes in the morning dew. They look so pretty. You've captured some good shots of the spider's creations.

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    1. Thank you, Judee. That's Barry's camera work. 😃

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    1. I don't like cobwebs across my face, not even dewy ones.

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  15. Enjoyed your pictures and now I know why this happens. We have shrubs in front of our house and the spiders like to build webs on them. In October they are our Halloween decorations.

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  16. This is really the best time of year here in Southeast Texas and spiders are a part of that. This week I have been enjoying a spider and its web that was built just outside my library window. I like to think it was for my own edification and entertainment!

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  17. . . . but of course! Spiders are empathetic (I wish I believed that!)

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  18. Goodness, those pictures are great.

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    1. Thank you - I'll pass the compliment to the photographer. 😁

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  19. The webs look beautiful, and I like JayCee's comment about them being fairy blankets :)

    All the best Jan

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    1. I can just imagine a little girl saying that.

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  20. It's interesting how spiders weave their webs.

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  21. Gorgeous. They create such wonderful images.

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  22. The spider webs are so pretty to see in the garden and even more so when they have a frosted coating. I'm not sure how spiders feel about that pleasure though :-)

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    1. They don't feel the cold - just as well, really.

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  23. What lovely photos, thanks for sharing.

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