Friday, July 30, 2010

Barney the spider was busy this morning.
I first met him looking for a lost whiffel ball from my neighbor's boys.
Now I notice him just about every morning..in the same place..in the Annabelle hydrangeas.
Spiders strike fear in me when I happen upon them...once I walked into a web and had it all over me...at night!
At our old house that had mucho trees and bushes we would see giant webs being built at night when a car would pass by......Hitchcock should have used that scene in one of his movies...primal fear, truly, to see one of those giant webs.
But I am also fascinated by spiders and their gorgeous webs that shine in the sun's light and hold water droplets after a rain or dew in the hot mist of a summer morning.
Actually I am a bug lover. Have been since I was a kid.
They are such a pulsing bit of life in the garden. They are part of the balance and sometime unbalance of the garden. This year some caterpillars have eaten my loosestrife. I think the bug population is down this year, although I have noticed bee and butterfly activity around the
Joe Pye weed.
Today it is going to be overcast all day and in the 80s....perfect day for weeding. And boy, do I have the weeding to do.
This wench better get busy....enough blabbing.
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5 comments:

  1. Depends on the spider, just like the human.
    Depends on the web, sticky or slick.
    And then there are still weeds for we wenches.
    BlessYourScaredyHeart

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  3. I had one of those big black and yellow "Barney's" in my garden one year too. They are okay, I guess. They just want to be in the garden. Now - don't you go pickin' on those caterpillars! and...I think I have more weeds than flowers this year.

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