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Pisaura mirabilis sunning itself on a small mound of Ivy in my garden in Wigan, Lancs. Spider's body approx. 10mm long. Taken with my Sigma 105mm macro lens at approx. 32cm distance from the subject
“I remember a clear morning in the Ninth Month when it had been raining all night. Despite the bright sun, dew was still dripping from the chrysanthemums in the garden. On the bamboo fences and criss-cross hedges I saw tatters of spider webs; and where the threads were broken, the raindrops hung on them like strings of white pearls. I was greatly moved and delighted…. Later I described to people how beautiful it all was. What most impressed me was that they were not at all impressed.”
Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book, 1002
(Yes, that date is correct... amazing when you think about what we were doing in the western world in 1002! Sei's experience as a lady in waiting at the high court of Japan was unusual, but the reaction to her enthusiasm over a dew-drenched spider web would probably still be pretty typical today.)
Hidden in the tall grass is the web of deceit....don't get caught !!!!
If you look closely into the center of the WEB you will find that Mr. Spider is indeed home....just waiting for a meal to arrive.
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and delightful day dearest Flickr friends !
Thank you to everyone for all of your visits, faves and most kind comments.
Explored Aug. 15 2022.
Man builds,
and throws away
Man compels man to suffer
for unnecessary goals
and neglects essential ones
Man learns the secrets of nature,
and uses them to enslave nature
as nature enslaves man.
Ruining in glory,
mending in shame
A confused and panicked struggle
The dance in a web.
Feeling kind of uninspired lately :/ But I'm going to the beach tomorrow, hopefully that will help :)
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
-Pablo Picasso-
Cryptic and protected by spines, this fish was content to sit still while several divers shined lights on it and admired it. West side of Guanaja, in the Caribbean Sea.
Panorama using 4 images, stitched together in Autostitch.
Here's a tighter crop, taken from a different direction, a few minutes later.
©dragonflydreams88
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“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” ~CHIEF SEATTLE