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30 MINUTES . . .
I went to the bridge that takes you into the west entrance of Robinson Preserve last night. It was almost dusk and very cloudy, so I didn’t think there would be much of a sunset.
While walking on the pathway to the bridge . . . .
. . . . probably at least 12 feet over my head, something caught my eye. It was a huge spider (almost as big as my outstretched fingers would be) that looked at first like he was just hanging in the air with all the clouds and sky for his home. But then I saw his web was attached to trees on either side of this 10 foot wide pathway.
He was pretty clever to have built it up high enough so that no human or animal would be able to walk through it or tear it down . . . and I certainly thanked him for that! Ha!
Because I could see thousands of bugs and gnats caught in the web, I was able to tell just how big it was. It must have spread out over 6 feet across! How do they get from one side to the other to get their webs started? Do they jump or fly? I’ve always wondered that.
It's a coincidence that I just read the spider story yesterday in Sahlah’s post and then the next day I see this spider.
It was so beautiful and peaceful there. There were quite a few birds on either side of the bridge . . . six roseate spoonbills on the north side and a bunch of other water birds on the south side.
Every few minutes or so, a hiker or biker heading home would silently come across the bridge and give a nod.
Looking north
Looking south
I snapped this picture of the spider heading back to the car. You can see the sky darkening and a storm coming.
I could see lightning in the west. I had no sooner turned my car around and started driving home when it started raining. It came down so hard I almost pulled off the road. But I didn’t. This is what it looked like when I finally reached the light at 75th Street.
Almost home.
I went to the bridge that takes you into the west entrance of Robinson Preserve last night. It was almost dusk and very cloudy, so I didn’t think there would be much of a sunset.
While walking on the pathway to the bridge . . . .
. . . . probably at least 12 feet over my head, something caught my eye. It was a huge spider (almost as big as my outstretched fingers would be) that looked at first like he was just hanging in the air with all the clouds and sky for his home. But then I saw his web was attached to trees on either side of this 10 foot wide pathway.
He was pretty clever to have built it up high enough so that no human or animal would be able to walk through it or tear it down . . . and I certainly thanked him for that! Ha!
Because I could see thousands of bugs and gnats caught in the web, I was able to tell just how big it was. It must have spread out over 6 feet across! How do they get from one side to the other to get their webs started? Do they jump or fly? I’ve always wondered that.
It's a coincidence that I just read the spider story yesterday in Sahlah’s post and then the next day I see this spider.
It was so beautiful and peaceful there. There were quite a few birds on either side of the bridge . . . six roseate spoonbills on the north side and a bunch of other water birds on the south side.
Every few minutes or so, a hiker or biker heading home would silently come across the bridge and give a nod.
Looking north
Looking south
I snapped this picture of the spider heading back to the car. You can see the sky darkening and a storm coming.
I could see lightning in the west. I had no sooner turned my car around and started driving home when it started raining. It came down so hard I almost pulled off the road. But I didn’t. This is what it looked like when I finally reached the light at 75th Street.
Almost home.