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By Jim Byous
…well, at least a walk down the drive.
The walk down the drive with my grandkids is only 200 yards long. The school bus arrives just before sunrise this time of year for the ride to their North Georgia middle school. Most times I carry my camera when I visit. Doing so this morning did not let me down. The terraced hill above the house is shrouded in a low thin mist that divides the embankment from the forest that grows tall and dense past the farmland along the ridge. But, this morning’s view contains a bonus. Hundreds of small one-half inch spiders had dotted the landscape with their delicate and beautiful nets. Covered in dew, they stand their silent vigil, patiently awaiting their morning meals… that and for the offhand chance that I might grab their portrait on the dawning light. I comply. Here are the results. A good way to remember September 11. A good way.
Just prior to dawn the mist rises from farmland between the berm next to the drive and the forest beyond and separates the scene.
A cast net hangs motionless before the morning breeze begins.
A slight puff of wind bends this web as its owner waits for the sun to rise.
Barely visible, and just as does several cousin spiders, this one holds a droplet of dew in his jaws as he awaits breakfast.
A record shot for my granddaughter, her school project, a pumpkin plant, blooms in the dawning.
A ray flower greets the morning. A “daddy long-legged” spider pokes three of his appendages from behind the petals…. Look close.
A less spectacular garden spiderweb stakes out a lower and less showy net.
A grass spike is outlined by a recent visitor.
The morning sun peeks above the hilltop creating dew-diamonds on the webs and plants.
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